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Aidan Briggs
Position
Described by Chambers & Partners as ‘an exceptional barrister’, Aidan Briggs has established himself as a specialist advocate and advisor for trusts, estates and property disputes. His regular trial experience in the High Court gives him the edge in the courtroom and makes him a favourite for factually complex cases where effective cross-examination may be the difference between winning and losing.
Aidan’s practice covers the full range of private client matters: contested probate and 1975 Act claims, partnership disputes and contentious trusts work (both on- and offshore) as well as proprietary estoppel, commercial landlord and tenant disputes and trusts of land. His cases often involve multiple jurisdictions and issues of domicile.
Aidan is fully versed in the tax implications of private client disputes and regularly advises in relation to Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax matters, particularly as they affect farmland and farming families.
Aidan is an Associate Editor of Lewin on Trusts (20th Ed.) and a contributor to Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate (21st Ed.). His writing has appeared in Trusts & Trustees, the Wills & Trusts Law Reports and the New Law Journal.
Aidan is sought-after as an accredited mediator and as an arbitrator in his main areas of practice.
Career
Called to the Bar 2009; Accredited Mediator (ADRg); Appointed Deputy District Judge (2022).
Memberships
Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) – full member; Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (‘ACTAPS’); Chancery Bar Association; Court of Protection Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Contentious Trusts Association.
Education
2007 – BA (Hons) Durham; 2008 – GDL (City University); 2009 – BVC (BPP); Major Scholar – Inner Temple
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Aidan Briggs –New Square Chambers ‘Aidan is extremely bright, responsive, articulate and excellent with the clients. He is personable and user-friendly, and his advice is succinct and accessible. He is excellent on his feet, well prepared, articulate and persuasive.’
New Square Chambers is ‘an excellent set’ for the full range of contentious and non-contentious trust work. Nicholas Le Poidevin KC is ‘always able to explain difficult issues simply and clearly’ and specialises in breach of trust disputes, reorganisation of trusts, and litigation, while Lynton Tucker is experienced in matters related to offshore trusts. Mark Hubbard is working with Manx advocates in the Re Montpelier (Trusts and Corporate) Sevices Limited (in liquidation) case in Douglas concerning the liquidation of a trusts services provider, having been granted a temporary advocates licence, while closer to home Aidan Briggs represented (through a litigation friend) the severely disabled daughter of Cecil Parkinson and his mistress in an Inheritance Act claim against the former home secretary’s estate after maintenance payments stopped after his death.
London Bar > Agriculture
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Aidan Briggs – New Square Chambers ‘Aidan is extremely bright, responsive, articulate and great with clients. His advice is succinct and accessible, and he is excellent on his feet.’
New Square Chambers is active in a wide range of rural and agricultural work, with a solid track record in handling contentious mandates regarding public access to land. George Laurence KC garners praise as ‘one of the top barristers in his field‘, and Paul Wilmshurst has been kept busy advising on village green applications and public rights of way disputes. Simon Adamyk is sought after for his expertise in advising on public access over land, and Ross Crail provides ‘first-rate advice‘. The ‘well-prepared‘ Aidan Briggs is very experienced in assisting with a broad spectrum of agricultural disputes, including Inheritance Act claims involving farms.