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Brian Green KC
Position
- One of the leading KCs at the Chancery Bar
- Chambers & Partners Chancery KC of the Year
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Barrister of the Year
- Consistently star and top rated in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories
- Equally recognised and recommended for contentious and non-contentious work, and UK and offshore work
- Featured as Lawyer of the Week in The Times and listed as one of the “Top 50 lawyers” in the UK by The Sunday Times
Wide-ranging experience in Chancery matters Brian specialises in all aspects of:
- Commercial trusts and other property holding structures
- Pension schemes – occupational and public sector
- Private trusts and estates
Career
Called 1980; KC 1997; Bar representative on the Revenue Law Committee of the Law Society, Capital Taxes sub-committee, since 1994; awarded Chancery KC of the Year 2006 Chambers Bar Awards.
Education
Oxford University (double first: both BA and BCL); tenured lectureship in Law at the LSE (taught Restitution on LLM and Trusts and Land law on LLB).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Brian Green KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Brian is an outstanding intellect, with a complete mastery of the papers and a single-minded determination to protect his clients, with the capacity to roll up his sleeves and do what is required on a case, even if it may be considered beneath an advocate of his calibre. He is a complete team player and inspires those around him to operate at a higher level.’
London Bar > Tax: personal
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Brian Green KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Brian is very generous with his time and expertise and approaches everything in a spirit of finding a solution. He is a brilliant lawyer.’
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Brian Green KC –Wilberforce Chambers ‘Top tier, at the top of his game, and an excellent creative mind.’
Wilberforce Chambers is commended by clients for its ‘unrivalled strength in depth‘ in pensions, and in particular for the set’s expertise on ‘the most complex and challenging‘ cases. In the case of Railways Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd v Atos, a matter concerning the correct calculation of how much members should pay into “shared cost” defined benefit schemes, Brian Green KC and Edward Sawyer acted on behalf of the trustees. Paul Newman KC is representing Newell Rubbermaid in a dispute over its conversion of defined benefit rights into define contribution scheme, with issues as to if the conversion is discriminatory on the grounds of sex.
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Brian Green KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Brian is a masterful advocate and is the most valuable member of any team. He brings unusual, valuable insights, and deploys creative strategies that others would not have imagined. He has a wonderful mind, and can be very intellectual but is also practical, strategic, down to earth and can articulate the most complex matters clearly and succinctly. ‘