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Expertise: Charities

Radcliffe Chambers ranked as a leading set in Chambers UK Bar 2024

We are delighted to be recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK Bar 2024, achieving 72 individual barrister rankings, which includes 2 star individuals, 21 new and improved, and 1 up and coming. Radcliffe Chambers has been recognised for its expertise in 14 practice areas (listed below), which includes a tier 1 ranking for […]

Olivia Wilson

Olivia regularly appears as sole counsel in the County Courts and High Courts and is building a broad chancery and commercial practice. A summary of Olivia’s experience is set out in the drop-down headings below.  During pupillage Olivia was supervised by Andrew Brown, Oliver Hilton, Henry Day and Lauren Kreamer.   Prior to commencing pupillage Olivia worked in the corporate department of a well-regarded […]

James Anson-Holland

Before transferring to the English Bar, James practiced law in New Zealand and in the Cayman Islands. As a result, he has extensive trial and appellate experience beyond his year of call and has acted (both led and unled) in cases at various levels, including being led in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council […]

Harmish Mehta

Harmish has extensive experience of working in counsel teams with senior colleagues on complex and high-value disputes, and complements this experience with his busy unled practice.  His ongoing and recent work includes defending civil fraud proceedings allegedly valued at more than £300 million (led by senior and junior counsel), preparing an application for worldwide freezing injunctions (led by senior junior counsel) and assisting senior counsel with preparation for a six-day trial of an unfair prejudice petition.  Harmish received First Class Honours […]

Radcliffe Chambers ranked highly in Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2023

We are delighted that Radcliffe Chambers and 19 of our members have been ranked once again in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide for Chancery: Traditional. Congratulations to our barristers and clerks for receiving such fantastic feedback, which includes “The barristers at Radcliffe Chambers are exceptionally well placed to handle complex matters. They […]

Problematic Purposes and Tricky Trustees – webinar and podcast

In this Junior Programme: Charities webinar Matthew Mills and Louis Grandjouan present on what schemes are, when charity trustees might need one, and how they can get one. As well as what charity trustees can and should do in a situation where a fellow trustee has lost their confidence, refuses to leave, and the existing […]

Robert Lee

Robert has worked on cases across the range of traditional and commercial Chancery work including insolvency, company, commercial, wills and probate, trusts, property, landlord and tenant, and professional negligence. He is developing a particular expertise in insolvency, commercial, and contentious probate matters. Before starting pupillage at Radcliffe, Robert worked as a Legislation Adviser at the […]

Amber Turner

Amber regularly appears as sole counsel in the County Court and High Court. She has also been instructed as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal and in the Commercial Court and has experience of appearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).  Amber is continuing to build a mixed Chancery practice combining commercial, insolvency, private client and property work. Before starting pupillage at Radcliffe, Amber worked […]

Occupation of Premises by a Charity for Charitable Purposes by Clive Moys

Clive Moys features in the most recent issue of Sweet & Maxwell’s Private Client Business. The 80% mandatory non-domestic rates relief enjoyed by a charitable body in occupation of a hereditament is a concession of considerable value and importance – Local Government Finance Act 1988, s. 43 (or s. 45, viz. an unoccupied hereditament). Both […]