Year of Call: 1973 Year of Silk: 2000
“a wonderful silk”
After 45 years in practice at Serle Court Frank Hinks retired from practice at the Bar on 30 April 2020. Frank remains an Associate Member of Chambers.
During his long career at the Bar, Frank specialised in the field of trusts with litigation, drafting and advisory work for some of the most substantial fortunes in the world, but his practice extended to property, partnership, charities and Chancery work of a more commercial nature. He developed an international practice conducting multi-jurisdictional Chancery litigation, appearing in Court in England, Bermuda, BVI, Hong Kong, Cayman and Bahamas as well as doing advisory work in relation to other jurisdictions such as Guernsey, Jersey, Singapore and Isle of Man. Cases include Re Nina Wang Dec’d [2012-14] (Hong Kong): effect of will of wealthiest woman in Asia; BQ v DQ [2011] WTLR 373 (Bermuda): declaring trusts void as testamentary dispositions; Executors of HM Queen Mother and HRH Princess Margaret v Brown [2008] (CA England): resisting claims for the unsealing of Royal Wills.
Frank is unusual in having combined a successful career at the Bar with being the writer and illustrator of the Ramion series of children’s stories. There are 19 individual books (plus collections) ranging from The Land of Lost Hair (2003) to The Gift of Evil (2019).
MA (First Class), BCL (First Class), St Catherine’s College, Oxford