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Radcliffe Chambers Offices
11 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QB
England
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Oliver Hilton
Position
Oliver is a chancery barrister specialising in trusts, estates and property disputes, with a particular emphasis on contentious probate, breach of trust and fiduciary duties, setting aside lifetime transactions, 1975 Act claims and real property related litigation, including constructive trusts, proprietary estoppel and co-ownership disputes. Oliver’s practice also compliments his considerable expertise in the field of pensions, including pensions liberation, amendments to trust deeds, pensions administration, trustee disclosure and the winding up of schemes. Cases of note include Re Jordan Deceased [2016] EWHC 732 & [2016] EWHC 962; Ong v Ping [2015] EWHC 1742; Re Walker Deceased [2014] EWHC 71; HR Trustees v Wembley [2011] EWHC 2974; Haq v Island Homes [2011] EWCA Civ 805.&
Career
Called 2002 (Lincoln’s Inn). Pupillage at 5 Stone Buildings and 3 Stone Buildings; Tenant at 3 Stone Buildings until 2016 when moved to Radcliffe Chambers.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; Association of Pension Lawyers (associate member).
Education
King’s College London, LLB (Hons), 1st Class.
Leisure
Road Race cycling, History and politics.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
Radcliffe Chambers is a ‘great set for contentious trusts and estates work’ with a ‘huge strength in depth and a range of counsel’. Robert Pearce KC represented the trustees in Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd, a matter related to deciding the use of The National Fund, which was set up in 1928 with the aim of repaying the national debt off in full, a goal which became impossible – the court found the fund should be used to partially repay the national debt now. In Fraser v Khawaja, Oliver Hilton represented the attorney of the deceased intestate beneficiaries in a challenge to a will which was made in favour of an unknown person with no witnesses. Rising star Matthew Mills is an ‘impressive advocate’ who is currently representing the beneficiary of a matrimonial home in Re Ivor Percy James, a dispute over a codicil to a will shifting the testator’s interest in his matrimonial home from his grandchildren to his second wife. Other key members of the team include ‘immensely thorough advocate’ Piers Feltham and Daniel Burton, who is ‘always very helpful, responsive, and conscientious’.