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Barrister with a practice covering all areas of Chancery work including both non-contentious advice and litigation. He focuses particularly on: probate, estates, family provision, trusts, Court of Protection, taxation, and related professional negligence. Notable cases include: Lomax v Lomax [2019] 1 WLR 6527, CA and [2020] 1 FLR 30 (court’s power to order ENE); Public Guardian v DA [2018] 3 WLR 2017 (validity of provisions in lasting powers of attorney); Cotton v Earl of Cardigan [2015] WTLR 39, CA (court’s blessing of proposed sale of trust land); Re Duffy [2013] EWHC 2395 (Ch) (charitable gifts and distribution of an estate in reliance on counsel’s opinion); Brudenell-Bruce v Moore and Cotton [2012] WTLR 931 (ownership of paintings and the self-dealing rule); Ketteringham v Hardy [2011] WTLR 1367 (beneficial ownership of land); Ashcroft v Barnsdale [2010] STC 2544 (rectification of deed of variation for mistake); Re S & S [2010] 1 WLR 1082 (appointment of a deputy for property and affairs and best interests).

Called to the Bar 2001, Gray’s Inn

Chancery Bar Association.

St Peter’s College, Oxford (BA Hons PPE)