Mr Helen Galley > Chambers of Elspeth Talbot Rice KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Elspeth Talbot Rice KC
XXIV Old Buildings
24 OLD BUILDINGS, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3UP
England
Helen Galley photo

Position

Helen has built up a reputation as a well-respected commercial Chancery practitioner with an emphasis on property and trusts related issues.

She has built up extensive and wide-ranging expertise in both non contentious and contentious property matters ranging from small scale cases to multi-million pound developments.  Helen has also acted in a wide range of commercial and business disputes in areas as diverse as travel, hire purchase, the media, entertainment, IPR, IT and e-commerce.

Contentious and non-contentious trusts matters, both on and offshore, are a regular feature of her caseload.

Career

Called 1987, Grays Inn

Memberships

  • Chancery Bar Association
  • Insolvency Lawyers Association
  • Property Lawyers Association
  • Court of Protection Bar Association
  • ACTAPS
  • STEP

Education

  • LLB, London 1979

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Private wealth and probate

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Helen GalleyXXIV Old Buildings ‘Helen is a tough negotiator and very good at translating complex legal concepts into client-friendly language.’

London Bar > Partnership

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Helen GalleyXXIV Old Buildings

XXIV Old Buildings covers a full spectrum of partnership disputes across a wide variety of industry sectors, from legal, to farming, film and finance. Members handle partnership and LLP cases both domestically and abroad, and for both commercial and family-owned structures. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is a key silk from the set, while Hugh Miall covers all areas of partnership law, spanning traditional 1890 Act partnerships, LLPs and joint ventures. Helen Galley is noted for her advisory work in numerous partnership disputes, from small commercial partnerships to professional partnerships.

London Bar > Professional negligence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5

Helen GalleyXXIV Old Buildings

London Bar > Property litigation

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5

Helen GalleyXXIV Old Buildings She is a formidable advocate who knows the law inside out. A specialist in her field.’