Ten Old Square

Private Client:Trusts and Probate, Private Client: Personal Tax, Court of Protection

James MacDougald is a chancery barrister specialising in trusts, estates and private client tax. He enjoys a balanced diet of litigation and non-contentious advisory work. He appears regularly in the English courts and is often instructed to assist parties to offshore trust litigation.

In the Chambers UK Bar guide James is ranked in the categories of Trusts (Band 1) and Chancery: Traditional (Band 3). In the Legal 500 guides he is ranked as a Leading Junior (tier 3) for both Private Wealth and Probate (London Bar) and Trusts and Private Wealth (Caribbean: English Bar Offshore).

James is an editor of Williams on Wills (11th edition) and Mellows: Taxation for Executors and Trustees and he regularly delivers talks and webinars on his core practice areas.

Called 2011, Lincoln’s Inn.

‘Trustees, check your privilege!’, Private Client Business, 2023 (Issue 4) ‘Long arm of the law: the English court’s power to vary foreign trusts’, Trusts and Trustees, 2016 (Vol 22, Issue 10) ‘Crociani: the proper forum for trust disputes’, Journal of International Tax, Trust and Corporate Planning, 2015 (Vol 22, Issue 2)

Basic French, Basic Italian

Chancery Bar Association, Court of Protection Bar Association, Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)

Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding), College of Law (2011) Graduate Diploma in Law (Commendation), College of Law (2010) BA (First Class), University of York (2009)