Nicholas Le Poidevin KC
‘Nick is the technical guru for domestic and offshore trust disputes and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the courts.'
Noted for its pool of ‘extremely talented juniors’, New Square Chambers acts for clients across multiple jurisdictions for high net worth individuals on issues relating to trusts and probate. Nicholas Le Poidevin KC is a specialist in litigation concerning trustees’ exercise of powers, as well as trust variation. Alexander Learmonth KC successfully resisted a freezing injunction application in Feinberg v Feinberg, where his client was alleged to have unjustly enriched himself by withholding his sister’s shares of an estate. Aidan Briggs acts in Re Mordue, an Inheritance Act claim examining the capacity of the widow’s capacity to litigate. Mark Hubbard appeared on appear relating to English aspects of Buksh v Bush, an Manx case concerning a company domiciled in that jurisdiction owning a large property portfolio in the UK.
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