Home to barristers who have been admitted to the Bahamian, Bermudan, BVI, and Cayman Bars, Wilberforce Chambers has a strong track record in international trusts disputes. Brian Green KC recently acted for the senior branch of a family in a trustees’ application worth over £5.2bn for authorisation to partition a trust fund in Re X Trusts. Clare Stanley KC has over two decades of experience in contentious trust and probate litigation, while Gilead Cooper KC’s recent workload encompasses Culgoa v Basement, a BVI and Jersey share transfer dispute. Jonathan Hilliard KC is vastly experienced in BVI trust disputes, and Benjamin Slingo is a key name rising through the ranks.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in trusts and commercial litigation and advice, particularly pensions, private trusts, financial services, fraud, asset tracing, insolvency, contractual disputes and associated professional negligence. Has been listed as one of the 10 future stars of the bar in both the Times and Legal Week in recent years.
Career
Tutor in law at Gonville and Caius and Selwyn Colleges, Cambridge 2002-03; called 2003, Lincoln’s Inn. Publications include a large number of articles on pensions, private client and commercial topics. He is co-author with Dr Janet O’Sullivan of The Law of Contract (OUP 2004-12, 1st – 5th editions), co-author of the protector and disclosure of information chapters in The International Trust (Hayton ed.) (2012), and co-author of the pension scheme actuaries chapter in Professional Negligence and Liability (Simpson ed.).
Memberships
Sits on Trust Law Committee; Sits on APL Litigation Subcommittee; Chancery Bar Association; APL; STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Interest Group; Commercial Bar Association.
Education
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA First Class; first in year); Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (LLM starred First Class; first in year).
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