Keystone Law attracts praise for its litigation expertise. Gillian Christian is a leading trust litigator with particular expertise regarding Manx trustee cases. Andrew Marshall is a key name regarding Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings, while Rachel Berry has acted on several high-value claims involving personal injury issues, will disputes, and insolvencies. Andrew Langan-Newton is active across commercial and trust disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Any client would be thrilled to obtain this level of service and would be satisfied that they have a brilliant team on board.’

  • ‘Andrew Marshall is brilliant - the magic combination of a deep understanding of the law, huge tactical and strategic common sense, and a superbly clear focus on how to achieve the best result for his clients.’

  • ‘Keystone's team is capable, motivated, and responsive. They are involved in many of the big disputes in the Isle of Man.’

  • ‘Gillian Christian makes the difference, always available and always most helpful.’

  • ‘The knowledge and experience that Gillian Christian provides always gets us to our end goal.’

  • ‘We use Rachel Berry and Gillian Christian for a large piece of commercial group litigation which is novel in the Isle of Man, and they are very good at providing practical solutions for a scenario which the court rules aren’t designed to cover.’

  • ‘Rachel Berry - very good, responsive, approachable and gives solid common sense advice. Gillian Cristian - excellent advocate, also very sensible and very well regarded so clients are comfortable when they know Gillian is instructed. Claire Foden - a very promising junior who will go far indeed.’

Key clients

  • HNW Lending Limited and Joabla
  • Beneficiaries of the Erlich Settlement-Yacht and RBSI Claims
  • Receivers of the Axiom Legal Financing Fund
  • Y & A Group LP

Work highlights

  • Acting for HNW Lending in a claim against Vannin Healthcare Holdings.
  • Acting for a client regarding an Application brought by the Liquidator of Broadsheet LLC.
  • Defending license holders against regulatory actions by the FSA.

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Gillian Christian, Andrew Marshall, Rachel Berry, Andrew Langan-Newton, Claire Foden