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Payne Hicks Beach LLP Offices

Payne Hicks Beach LLP
10 NEW SQUARE
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
England
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Richard Manyon

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Richard has a Chancery practice encompassing trusts, property and civil disputes before all levels of the judiciary including the Supreme Court.

Richard focusses on contentious trusts and estates work, and has received the STEP Global Excellence Award. He is co-chair of the annual Trusts in Litigation Conference. He advises on all aspects of international and domestic trust and probate disputes and presently is busy removing trustees and protectors, seeking and resisting trust disclosure, blessing and voiding trustee decisions and challenging the validity of wills amongst other matters. He has a substantial international caseload presently involving Jersey, Guernsey, Bermuda, Kenya, the US and Cayman amongst others.

Recently he has been engaged in:

  • Acting in applications for the removal of trustees, protectors and executors;
  • Cross-border litigation concerning allegations of breach of trust or fiduciary duty by trustees or protectors;
  • Representing high net worth beneficiaries in high value estate litigation concerning challenges to the validity of wills, mental capacity, lifetime gifts and claims under the Inheritance Act;
  • Acting for some of the UK’s oldest and largest estates and handling applications concerning long standing family trusts.

Career

Qualified 2006; Payne Hicks Beach 2004 (promoted to senior associate 2013 and partner 2015).

Education

Richard studied Modern History at Oxford University.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

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Richard Manyon – Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Payne Hicks Beach LLP fields an ‘uniformly excellent team with some of the best talent’. The ‘super smart’ Richard Manyon heads the department, which has its roots in traditional chancery work, advising on disputes affecting some of the oldest and largest landed estates. Its reputation has now grown in the international sphere, and it regularly handles the most challenging multi-jurisdictional and domestic trust and estate disputes. The group is skilled at advising on issues involving complex structures, family governance, and allegations of breach of trust or duty in relation to tax. Another core area of focus is working with its family department to advise on an array of trust matters in the context of divorce proceedings. The ‘tactically astute’ Jessica Henson also has a very busy practice advising on the full spectrum of high-value wealth disputes. Ane Vernon is another experienced litigator, and Charlotte Henshall is also highly regarded. Clementine Dowley has particular expertise in matters involving complex corporate structures, company law issues, and cross-border elements.

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