Francesca Quint > Radcliffe Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Radcliffe Chambers
11 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QB
England

Position

Chancery, with an emphasis on charities: also education. Recent cases include Sparrow, Came & Websper v Charity Commission and Others (First-tier Tribunal (Charity) (2014); Bangor Provident Trust Limited and Victoria Housing Estates Limited v Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland) and (on appeal) High Court in Northern Ireland and (Victoria only) Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland) (2013, 2014, 2015); Cifci v Erbil (Chancery Division) (2012); Attorney General v Charity Commission & Others (Upper Tribunal) (2012); R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission & Others (Upper Tribunal) (2011). Numerous non litigation cases involving sensitive matters and high profile organisations.

Career

Called 1970, Gray’s Inn; Lincoln’s Inn ad eundem 1980; member of the Northern Ireland Bar 2013 to date; Government Legal Service (Charity Commission) 1972-89; Assistant Charity Commissioner 1974; Deputy Charity Commissioner (Grade 5) 1984; independent practice at the Chancery Bar practising from chambers in Lincoln’s Inn 1990 and also Exeter 1990-96; bencher of Lincoln’s Inn 2008 to date. Publications: ‘Charities and Charitable Giving’ in Butterworth’s Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents; ‘Charities: the Law & Practice’ (Sweet & Maxwell looseleaf). Board member ASPIRE Law LLP; member advisory body, the Almshouse Association.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; Charity Law Association; Clarity; Statute Law Society.

Education

St Paul’s Girls’ School; University of London King’s College (LLB upper second class honours 1969); AKC (credit); Francis Bacon Scholar of Gray’s Inn 1969.

Leisure

Mensa, the Haslemere Society, Friends of the Royal Academy, Tilford Bach Society.

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Charities

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Francesca QuintRadcliffe ChambersFrancesca is a hugely experienced and talented barrister; efficient, responsive and practical.’

Radcliffe Chambers is ‘a strong set with strength in depth‘ in the charity law space. The ‘cogentRobert Pearce KC acts for trustees from a wide range of charitable entities, including educational and religious institutions, and Kate Selway KC has expertise in advising on charitable status, charity land and governance and the validity of charitable bequests. Thomas Dumont KC‘s client base takes in national, local and international charities. Among the junior end, Francesca Quint is ‘an outstanding specialist adviser in charity law‘, and Joshua Winfield is also singled out by clients for his ‘deep technical knowledge of charity law‘.