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Penelope Reed KC
Position
Barrister with a wide Chancery practice and a special emphasis on trusts, wills, contentious probate, family provision claims, professional negligence, and tax. Her reported cases include: Ilott v Mitson [2018] AC 545; Cowan v Foreman [2019] EWHC 349 (Fam); Re Bhusate [2019] EWHC 2275 (Ch); James v James. [2018] EWHC 43 Crociani v Crociani [2017] JRC 146; [2018]JCA136A; Perry v Neupert [2019] EWHC 2275 (Ch) Kahrmann v Harrison-Morgan [2019] EWCA Civ 2094; Shah v Forsters [2017] EWHC 2433 (Ch); Cotton v Earl of Cardigan [2014] EWCA Civ 1312; Fielden v Christie-Miller[2015] W.T.L.R. 1689. King v The Chiltern Dog Rescue and Redwings [2015]; Loring v Woodland Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 131; Simon v Byford [2014] EWCA Civ 280; ; Re Christou Dec’d [2014] EWHC 79 (Ch); Re M [2013] WTLR 681; Green v Astor [2013] EWHC 1857 (Ch); [2013] WTLR 1489; Berger v Berger [2013] EWCA Civ 1305; Burgess v Hawes [2013] (CoA); Suggitt v Suggitt [2012] WTLR 1607; Brudenell-Bruce v Moore and Cotton [2012] EWHC 1024 (Ch) ; RSPCA v Sharp [2010] WTLR 855 [2010] EWHC 268 (Ch) ); Alkin v Raymond [2010] 7/5/10 ; Jiggens v Low [2010] EWHC 1566 ; Perrins v Holland [2010] EWCA Civ 840; Servoz-Gavin [2010] 1 All ER 410 (privileged wills); Thorner v Major [2009] 1 WLR 776;).
Career
Called 1983, Inner Temple (Bencher 2017); practised from Chambers of TM Ashe QC at 9 Stone Buildings (1984-2001); from 2001 at the Chambers of Henry Harrod where she is joint head of chambers; QC 2009; accredited mediator; recorder 2010 and Deputy High Court Judge 2013. Co-author of a ‘Practical Guide to the Trustee Act 2000’; ’; author of the ‘Annotated Trusts and Estates Law Handbook’; co-author of ‘Inheritance Act Claims: A Practitioner’s Guide’ 2nd edition and ‘Risk and Negligence in Wills, Trusts and Estates’ 2nd Edition 2014 OUP. QC Appointments Panel 2017-2019
Memberships
STEP; ACTAPS; Chancery Bar Association (chair 2014-2016).
Education
Loughton County High School; King’s College, London (1982 LLB); 1983 Inns of Court School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Mediators
(Mediators)Ranked: Tier 3Penelope Reed KC – 5 Stone Buildings
Penelope Reed KC at 5 Stone Buildings is lauded for ‘her ability to develop relationships with parties quickly, putting them at ease and helping them through the process calmly, but firmly when required‘. Reed was accredited in 2009, since which time she has undertaken over 200 mediations, predominantly involving probate claims, trust litigation, applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and Court of Protection and proprietary estoppel claims.
Penelope Reed KC – 5 Stone Buildings
Penelope Reed KC at 5 Stone Buildings is lauded for ‘her ability to develop relationships with parties quickly, putting them at ease and helping them through the process calmly, but firmly when required‘. Reed was accredited in 2009, since which time she has undertaken over 200 mediations, predominantly involving probate claims, trust litigation, applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and Court of Protection and proprietary estoppel claims.
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Penelope Reed KC –5 Stone Buildings ‘Penelope is hugely experienced and intelligent. She has the respect of all judges and parties involved and is a collegiate person to work with.’
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.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Penelope Reed KC –5 Stone Buildings ‘Penny is simply outstanding in every respect. It would be unfair to try and single out any particular skill only to try and to put it above the rest.’
Praised as an ‘elite set’ in the offshore world, 5 Stone Buildings is a notable set for traditional Chancery, with the depth of members’ expertise ranging from contentious trusts and probate to family provision claims. Shan Warnock-Smith KC handles major trust and estate cases throughout the Cayman Islands, the BVI and Bermuda. One such recent case included Re Z Trusts, in which Warnock-Smith KC represented the appellant in the Privy Council on a major appeal from Jersey which involved novel questions of law regarding a trustee’s indemnity against reasonable costs and expenses. Penelope Reed KC is noted for her extensive offshore expertise in trusts, wills, probate and related tax issues whilst also seeing involvement in high-profile offshore commercial litigation. Of the juniors, ‘excellent advocate’ and ‘real fighter’ Matthew Paton is well-versed in high-value offshore litigation involving contentious and non-contentious trust and probate matters.