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Mathew Roper
Position
Chancery barrister specialising in contentious and non-contentious trusts and estates, related professional negligence and the property and affairs jurisdiction of the Court of Protection. His cases include: Cotton v Earl of Cardigan (blessing application); Fielden v Christie-Miller (rectification of a deed of appointment and proprietary estoppel); RNLI v Headley [2016] 1948 (Ch) (claim for an account and disclosure of trust documents); Bullard v Bullard [2017] EWHC 3 (Ch) (rectification of a settlement); ADS v DSM [2017] EWCOP 8 (statutory will application); and Re AR [2018] EWCOP 8 (authority and remuneration of deputies); Almond v Goff (will construction) Brown v New Quadrant Trust Corporation Ltd [2021] EWHC 1731 (Ch) (injunction to restrain and a counter application for directions blessing a proposed sale of trust assets).
Career
Called 2011, Middle Temple. Writes and lectures widely within his areas of expertise.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, Court of Protection Bar Association and Ecclesiastical Law Society.
Education
University of Birmingham (BA, First Class (Hons)); GDL Nottingham Law School (Commendation); BPTC City Law School (Outstanding). Middle Temple scholar.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Mathew Roper – 5 Stone Buildings ‘Mathew can produce high-quality work under considerable time pressure and has good client care skills. He prepares well and presents the client’s case calmly and effectively in court.’
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Mathew Roper –5 Stone Buildings ‘Mathew can grapple with complex legal issues and his ability to present arguments clearly and attractively to the court.’
5 Stone Buildings is the ‘go-to set for complex trusts and estates work’ and ‘a superlative set of excellent lawyers whose expertise is beyond doubt’. Penelope Reed KC recently appeared before the Supreme Court in Guest v Guest, a Supreme Court case concerning what relief the courts should provide in proprietary estoppel claims. Turning to the set’s juniors, Ruth Hughes represented the claimant in the Clitheroe v Bond litigation, a dispute between siblings raising complex issues of the correct test for testamentary capacity, and issues regarding testators’ deluded beliefs, while Mathew Roper represented successful claimants who rescinded mis-sold trust products, which purported to protect family homes from care home fee means-testing but instead created capital gains tax problems. Rose Fetherstonhaugh is known for ‘cross-examining witnesses in a very effective matter.’