1975 Act Breakfast Seminar

Serle Court members will be delivering a Breakfast Seminar on 1975 Act on Tuesday, 15 October 2019.

The speakers are; Constance McDonnell QC, Jennifer Haywood, James Weale and Gregor Hogan. The session will be chaired by Richard Wilson QC.

The topics to be covered are; What’s been happening since Ilott v Mitson? (Constance McDonnell QC), The reasonableness of provision by way of an interest under a trust (Jennifer Haywood), Interim applications under s.5 of the 1975 Act (James Weale) and Cases on claims out of time? (Gregor Hogan).

The seminar will commence at 8:30 am and last for an hour, including time for questions. The members of Serle Court invite you to join them at 8:00 am for registration and breakfast.

The session was recorded by Simon Gore. You can listen to the audio here .

Related Barristers

Described by The Legal 500 as “one of the stars of his generation”, Richard Wilson KC specialises in litigation, drafting and advisory work across traditional and commercial chancery. His practice focuses on trusts and probate, both contentious and non-contentious, related company and partnership law, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, tax, professional negligence and civil fraud.

Richard has acted in many of the most significant and high-value cases in these areas in recent years. He is currently involved in several disputes concerning the estates of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in England and overseas.

His practice frequently involves offshore matters and private international law. He has appeared before the Privy Council, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Bermuda, the Supreme Court of The Bahamas, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also provided expert evidence on English law before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey.

Richard regularly acts in disputes across all the principal offshore jurisdictions. A significant proportion of his practice involves international clients, particularly those based in Asia, including Hong Kong.

Richard Wilson KC

Call: 1996
Silk: 2016

Constance McDonnell KC

Call: 2000
Silk: 2019

James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.

He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.

He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.