Elspeth Talbot Rice KC
'Elspeth is a fearsome advocate and go-to silk for all heavyweight litigation. She cuts through the weight of evidence to get to the core issues.'
XXIV Old Buildings is ‘the leading set for domestic and international contentious trust, probate and commercial disputes’. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is heavily involved in complex and high-value contentious trust matters, including applications for addition and removal of beneficiaries, removal or substitute trustee and restructuring of the trusts. ’A real intellectual giant of the chancery Bar’, Adam Cloherty KC, is currently acting for the beneficiary in a case concerning the structuring of trusts holding several UK companies, in a dispute over control of the structure. On the junior end, Daniel Warents garners praise for his ‘skilful and slick cross-examination’, and Elizabeth Weaver regularly acts for trustees, executors and beneficiaries and is known for ’spotting the critical points for development in any case’.
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- 'James Ladbrook is extremely helpful and proactive.'
- 'The clerks are user-friendly and always helpful. Tommie Drury, in particular, always brings a lot of enthusiasm and energy to his work.'
- 'The clerking team is great and led by Paul Horsfield, who is always a safe pair of hands. James Ladbrook, Tommie Drury and Perry Brown all deserve mention for their unfailingly helpful demeanour. They are service-oriented and helpful.'
- 'Tommie Drury is one of the best clerks and is very responsive.'
- 'Paul Horsfield leads a good clerks room in an approachable way. Perry Brown stands out as particularly easy to deal with.'
- 'James Ladbrook is first class. He is polite, responsive and reasonable.'
- 'James Ladbrook and Lyndon Tiller are very helpful and respond quickly.'
- ‘XXIV Old Buildings is the leading set with counsel from top silks to juniors.'
- ‘XXIV Old Buildings is a strong set always at the top of the field.'
- ‘XXIV Old Buildings is a great all-round set with some excellent practitioners. It is renowned for and particularly adept at international and offshore trust litigation.'
Avocats
Meilleurs Juniors
Andrew Holden
‘Andrew is an absolute superstar and has an outstanding legal mind. His written work is first-rate and cuts through issues and finds solutions.’
Daniel Warents
‘Daniel is a first-rate junior destined for higher things. He always has a fantastic grasp on the whole scope of a case, no matter how complicated, and works in a notably clear, methodical and persuasive.’
Elizabeth Weaver
'Elizabeth is very thorough, easy to work with and willing to take a pragmatic approach when necessary. She is very good at assessing risk and helping to make balanced decisions in light of all the issues.'
Sarah Bayliss
'Sarah is very insightful, grasps the key points quickly, and can give pragmatic and commercial advice.'
Helen Galley
‘Helen is a tough negotiator and very good at translating complex legal concepts into client-friendly language.’
Heather Murphy
Bajul Shah
‘Bajul has great commercial instinct and is a very astute judge of the merits and weaknesses of cases. He is a go-to barrister.’
Timothy Sherwin
Rising stars
Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.
