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Sinclair Gibson LLP Offices
3 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3AA
England
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Henry Hickman
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Henry’s clients include private clients, privately owned companies, trustees, family offices and offshore law firms.
His experience covers all aspects of trust disputes, in particular advising trustees in the context of divorce proceedings and beneficiaries on their interests under their trusts when there is contention. He has advised several clients on claims against their financial advisers, for example, where the clients sued because they were advised to invest in defective tax or investment schemes. He has acted in numerous probate disputes and recently has been involved in several cases brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. As well as assisting onshore clients, his work has a significant cross-border element.
Henry handles the firm’s Privy Council agency work and has advised on over 40 appeals and applications for permission to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. In common with the firm’s international contentious and non-contentious trusts expertise, Henry has been instructed in most of the high profile and ground breaking appeals to the Privy Council in the sphere of trust law in the last ten years. Further details on our Privy Council work are available here. Henry’s practice has given him an unusually large amount of experience of acting for clients in other appellate courts as well as the Privy Council, having overseen several cases through the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the UK.
Henry is ranked in both The Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners HNW guide. These rankings are based on independent research conducted by the respective publications and feedback from the firm’s clients, peers and referers.
“a calm head” with “a measured style when dealing with opponents”
The Legal 500 2016
“a rising star in this area”
“a real gentleman, through and through”
“He is a very nice guy and always on the ball. He serves his clients well.”
Chambers HNW 2017
Career
Henry joined the firm as a newly-qualified solicitor in 2005, becoming a partner in 2015.
Memberships
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).
Education
1995 – 1998 University of Bristol (BA) – History of Art
1999 – 2001 College of Law, London – CPE and LPC
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Under the leadership of Henry Hickman, Sinclair Gibson LLP acts for many clients ranging from successful professionals to landed families, entrepreneurs and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. It is recommended for its work on onshore and offshore trust and probate disputes. The group has been busy in other areas such as acting in professional negligence claims for private clients, as well as acting in court of protection proceedings on behalf of the incapacitated. Lucy Gibson 
is another key member of the department.