Elspeth Talbot Rice KC
‘There's a reason that Elspeth is top of the pops. Her advocacy is considered and measured and highly persuasive.'
‘A high quality outfit’, XXIV Old Buildings contains experts in trust and investment structure disputes raising issues of fraud, banking and insolvency. High-net-worth individuals, multinationals and global trust structures regularly instruct members of chambers in their disputes. Elizabeth Weaver acted in Grosskopf v Grosskopf for the defendants who successfully stayed proceedings in favour of arbitration, stopping proceedings to appoint a judicial trustee. Harry Samuels represented a defendant in Folds Farm Turstees v Cutts - a contested trustee blessing application, followed by issues as to if a party could recover costs out of the estate.
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Testimonials
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- 'The set is a high quality outfit and a leading voice in the trusts and estates field.'
- 'XXIV Old Buildings is a fantastic set for chancery work.'
- 'The clerks are always responsive and helpful.'
- 'My go to set for all private wealth disputes work.'
- 'My team instruct quite a few of the barristers at XXIV and the quality is always extremely high.'
- 'Excellent clerks and easy to deal with. Responsive and straighforward.'
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.
Stephen Moverley Smith KC
‘Stephen is fantastic with clients and provides an excellent service.’
David Brownbill KC
‘The senior don of the Chancery Bar. Carries huge respect.’
Edward Cumming KC
'Incredibly hardworking and bright and has an excellent manner with clients.'
Francis Tregear KC
'Francis is diligent and responsive. His written work is considered and his advice is straightforward.'
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.
Andrew Holden
's dream counsel to have advocating their case.'
Daniel Warents
Elizabeth Weaver
‘An excellent all rounder.'
James Bradford
'James is brilliant. He is strategically excellent, tenacious and a brilliant draftsmen.'
Helen Galley
‘Excellent with the clients themselves, able to explain complex issues in an understandable way.'
Heather Murphy
Bajul Shah
‘Bajul is an absolute anchor in our team. He is solid, thorough and utterly dependable.’
Timothy Sherwin
'Tim is excellent. He punches above his weight, is technically brilliant, commercial and gets stuck in.'