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Radcliffe Chambers’ members are adept at handling all manner of charity matters, acting for trustees and other parties across disputes concerning charities’ constitutions and advising trustees on various aspects of charity law. January 2025 saw Robert Pearce KC appear for the trustees before the Bermuda Court of Appeal in Wong v Grand View Private Trust Co-Ltd, where the heirs to a wealthy Taiwanese businessman’s estate seek to challenge his decision to place assets into a Bermudian purpose trust as opposed to Taiwan-based charitable trusts. Piers Feltham appeared for one of the heirs in Wong, while Matthew Mills acted for the India-based head of the Bhuj Temple in Dasji v Bhudia, a dispute with trustees and members of the charity that runs the temple over proposed changes to the charity’s constitution. Francesca Quint retired in December 2024.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Always a positive experience dealing with Radcliffe Chambers. The team of clerks and practice managers has always been very helpful, in particular, Justin Allen has always been approachable, professional and responsive.'
  • 'The clerks are always very friendly and helpful.'
  • 'Our go-to set for charity advice.'
  • 'Very efficient. They respond to instructions quickly and practically.'
  • 'Easy to liaise with.'

Lawyers

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

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Robert Pearce KC
‘Robert is an excellent and tenacious advocate, extremely convincing and the person you want on your side in a dispute. He is however also great at finding the mid-course necessary to achieve a settlement, which is extremely useful, especially in charity disputes. Clients love working with him and what he doesn’t know about charity law is truly not worth knowing - if it exists!’
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Thomas Dumont KC
'Tom's reports are very clear and helpful, he carefully addresses the points raised and also looks at items that arise from those issues and covers those as well.'
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Kate Selway KC

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

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Piers Feltham
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Matthew Mills
‘Matthew is extremely knowledgeable in charity law. He is organised, efficient and meets deadlines. He expresses himself clearly and logically and is popular with clients. A rising star and will soon be silk material.’
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Joshua Winfield
‘Joshua has excellent charity law expertise, provides prompt and clear advice and is a pleasure to work with.’
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Chris Buckley
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Josh Lewison