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Chambers of Leolin Price CBE QC

LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3SU
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Work 020 7405 0758
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Fax 020 7831 8237
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306 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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Company and partnership

Within Company and partnership, Ten Old Square (Chambers of Leolin Price CBE QC) is a second tier firm,

With ‘very responsive and amenable clerks‘ and ‘pragmatic and well-prepared counsel‘, Ten Old Square is one of the top sets for partnership disputes. ‘One of the outstanding barristers in the partnership arena‘, Jeremy Callman is involved in the Hammonds case. Clients say that he is ‘very attuned to tactics, extremely user-friendly and inspires confidence with strong advocacy and excellent drafting‘. ‘Bright and personable‘ Jonathan Gavaghan is counsel in the long-running Taylor v Grier dispute.

London Bar Overview

Within Leading commercial Chancery sets, tier 4

Ten Old Square excels in the disciplines of trusts, wills, probate and estates along with other established chancery disciplines such as property, land, company and partnership law. Recommended juniors include Eason Rajah, Jonathan Gavaghan and Rupert D’Cruz who is ‘very bright, calm and thorough, and highly responsive‘.

Private client: personal tax, trusts and probate

Within Private client: personal tax, trusts and probate, Ten Old Square (Chambers of Leolin Price CBE QC) is a second tier firm,

Strong in traditional chancery work, Ten Old Square is ‘an excellent set of chambers‘ with ‘someone of the right seniority for most tasks‘. At senior level, Francis Barlow QC boasts an excellent paper practice and ‘offers sound, robust advice‘ on trusts and estate matters; Simon Taube QC is ‘effective, firm and very clear‘ with particular expertise in complex off-shore disputes. Notable juniors include Eason Rajah who is ‘extremely capable at dealing with complex matters‘ and the ‘clear, focused, responsive‘ Susannah Meadway who ‘goes down well with judges‘. Andrew de la Rosa has a significant offshore practice and clients say he is ‘a great advocate and terrific strategist‘. Richard Wallington is recommended.

Property litigation (including agriculture and housing)

Within Property litigation, tier 5

Ten Old Square houses several property litigators, including ‘technically brilliant‘ Andrew G Walker, the ‘intelligent and incisive‘ Georgia Bedworth, Toby Boutle, and Samuel Laughton. Jonathan Gavaghan is ‘easy to get on with, and very thorough.‘


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