Advising professionals, landed families, entrepreneurs, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, Sinclair Gibson LLP excels in private wealth matters. Of recent note, it advised the protector of offshore trusts on a billion-pound trust dispute involving complex fiduciary and governance issues. Practice head Henry Hickman is experienced in handling contentious trust disputes, including offshore and onshore matters, family business disputes, inheritance claims, estate disputes, and complex litigation. Lucy Gibson advises a diverse clientele on estate planning, trusts, asset protection, and tax mitigation strategies, while Amy Williams is knowledgeable in contentious trust, probate, and Court of Protection matters, with experience in resolving domestic and international disputes. Lizzie Barclay is also a key contact, assisting in complex and high-value trusts and probate disputes.
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Testimonials
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- The Sinclair Gibson team has extremely good partners who are very experienced and have good instincts in the practice area.
- Henry Hickman is our key contact and is a star. We also work with Charlie Kassell and Imogen Hubbard, two up-and-coming associates.
- They are our "go-to" London team. They are responsive and extremely commercial in their approach. They know the Privy Council Rules and practice inside out. They also work in an extremely cost-effective manner.
- Henry Hickman is our key contact and is a star. We also work with Charlie Kassell and Imogen Hubbard, two up-and-coming associates.
- Partner Amy Williams and Associate Paige Layzell-Payne at Sinclair Gibson have been consistently responsive to the situation that I am dealing with. They have a keen sympathy combined with an incisive approach to dealing with a contentious issue and have been consistently supportive. They are also very nice people to deal with. Their support has made a complex legal issue much easier to navigate. I would recommend them highly.
- This is an expert team, who have between them many decades of experience at the highest level of private client work.
- Keith Bruce-Smith and Lucy Gibson are both leading practitioners in this field. They both go out of their way to explain sometimes complex matters clearly and intelligibly to a non-specialist in the practice area.
- Amy Williams has all the qualities you want in a contentious trusts litigator: technical excellence and intellectual firepower that allow her to outshine the other side, but also warmth and empathy that make clients feel comfortable even in the most difficult situations. Paige Layzell-Payne is a rising star in this field. She is immensely competent and efficient, and is a pleasure to work with.
- Sinclair Gibson has huge expertise in contentious trusts and probate work. They are often involved in the most high-profile, complex, and high-value disputes in the field, and achieve excellent results for their clients.
- Lucy Gibson - partner - excellent and highly responsive to all issues. Henry Hickman - partner - also excellent and always available. Charlie Kassell - associate - very diligent and clever - and always very helpful.
Key clients
- Executors and Trustees of the estate of the late 7th Marquess of Bath
Work highlights
Advised the Executors and Trustees of the estate of the late 7th Marquess of Bath on a handful of 1975 Act claims intimated (and issued) by former female friends (also known as “wifelets”) of the late Lord Bath.
Practice head
Henry Hickman
Other key lawyers
Lucy Gibson; Amy Williams; Lizzie Barclay