Oliver Mitchell
‘Oliver provides detailed advice and is personable with clients. He is a confident advocate and quick on his feet.’
Guildhall Chambers remains ‘a fantastic set of chambers’ for private wealth and probate work. Michael Selway’s varied practice covers trusts disputes and will validity challenges, among other areas. He recently appeared in the landmark Court of Appeal case Winter v Winter, concerning a proprietary estoppel claim brought by two sons against their late father’s estate asserting that they had relied on to their detriment a promise of a one-third share in the Somerset strawberry farm that they had worked on for much of their lives. Oliver Mitchell has broad experience spanning will validity challenges, Inheritance Act claims, and disputes between estates and third parties.
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- 'Steve Arnold and Joe Stayte in particular are excellent. They go the extra mile to help out.'
- 'Stephen Arnold is excellent.'
- 'The clerks provide an exceptional service. They have great knowledge of each counsel, and are responsive, efficient and a pleasure to deal with. They are always willing to assist, ensuring that clients are regularly updated and often go above and beyond.'
- 'The clerks are uniformly excellent and responsive. They go above and beyond with collating and filing trial bundles.'
- 'Guildhall is a fantastic set of chambers and never looks to rest on what it has, but build on its successes for the future.'
- 'A go-to chambers with a varied set of counsel, ensuring availability for all types of cases. Whilst being commercial and competitive, the set is approachable, friendly and provides great communication.'
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