Rupert Ticehurst > Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Rupert Ticehurst
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Rupert is a partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team. His practice is divided between trust, probate and commercial litigation and private client advisory work. He is a CEDR qualified mediator and acts as a trustee, executor and trust protector.
Over the last 20 years Rupert has managed a large number of trust, probate and commercial disputes in England and offshore. His cases include removal of trustees, protectors and executors (and defending removal claims); variation of trusts; rectification of trusts; challenging trustees’ decisions and advising trustees on making decisions in contentious circumstances; challenging trustees’ fees; claims for breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation and fraud; advising trustees in relation to divorce; freezing orders; claims for breach of contract; passing off and breach of trademark.
Rupert is individually ranked as a top-tier Band 1 practitioner in the Legal 500. He was ranked by Best Lawyers 2021 as a leading specialist in the area of Trusts and Personal Tax. He is also ranked in Band 1 for Private Wealth Disputes in the Chambers HNWI guide, and in Band 1 in the Chambers Global Guide for International Private Client: Contentious.
Career
Rupert was admitted as a solicitor in 2002, having previously been a barrister; he became a partner at Herbert Smith in 2005, moved to Berwin Leighton Paisner as a partner in 2011 and joined Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP as a partner in January 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)With Rupert Ticehurst
at the helm, Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP ‘s team has ‘incredibly intelligent strategists who work ferociously to serve their clients’ interests’. It has a global client base of UNHW families. The ‘nimble and commercial’ group of ‘stand-out lawyers who are real thought leaders in this space’, focuses on onshore and offshore trust and estate disputes. Ticehurst is recognised for his expertise across a wide range of cases from advising on freezing orders, to advising on the removal of trustees, protectors and executors. Another core area of focus is handling claims relating to breaches of fiduciary duties. Simon Goldring is a skilled practitioner who has continued to act in a number of prominent trust cases recently. The practice is also praised for its ability to ‘leave no stone unturned’. Senior associate, Rosalind Hetherington, primarily concentrates on trust litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership