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Matthew Paton
Position
Matthew has a wide practice encompassing all aspects of traditional and commercial chancery with a particular focus on litigation in the areas of trust and probate, related company matters, insolvency (particularly cross-border issues), and civil fraud. He regularly appears in the county and higher courts.
Matthew is also ranked as a Leading Individual in Offshore (Legal 500). He has appeared in the courts of a number of offshore jurisdictions including the Privy Council. As well as being called to the Bahamas Bar, Matthew frequently advises in matters arising from all of the principal offshore jurisdictions, including BVI, Bermuda, Cayman, the Channel Islands, and more recently St Kitts & Nevis. He has also acted as an expert on Bahamian law in the English and US courts.
As well as acting as sole counsel Matthew has significant experience and welcomes being instructed as part of a larger team.
Career
Matthew was called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bahamas Bar in 2005.
Memberships
Member of Honourable Society of Inner Temple; Ad eundem Member of the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn; The Bahamas Bar Association; The Chancery Bar Association; STEP (TEP)
Education
Radley College, (Oxon); Bristol University (PhilPol 2:1); BPP: Securities Institute Certificate; Investment Management Certificate; College of Law (London) PgDL (commendation); Inns of Court School of Law, London – BVC (very competent)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Matthew Paton –5 Stone Buildings ‘Matthew is highly personable and a real team player. He is calm and composed in court, a good strategist who is able to assess the merits of a claim dispassionately and accurately. He is very good at thinking outside the box.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Matthew Paton –5 Stone Buildings ‘Matthew is incredibly bright, an excellent tactician, and has a commanding presence in the courtroom. He also has an unshakable work ethic, and is very easy to get along with.’
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.