Thomas Fletcher


Year of Call: 2009

Portrait of Thomas Fletcher

Practice Overview

Thomas is a trusts and estates specialist. He has extensive experience in high-value, complex trusts and estates matters with a cross-border dimension and has been involved in some of the most legally significant cases in these areas across the common law world. His practice covers the full range of contentious and non-contentious private client work in England and internationally, including trust administration applications, breach of trust claims, contentious probate, family provision, professional negligence and taxation issues affecting the administration of trusts and estates.  He has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos Islands and the BVI.

Thomas has appeared as Counsel at every level of the court hierarchy in England and Wales from the High Court to the Supreme Court. He has also appeared twice before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and in courts in several offshore jurisdictions.  He is called to the Bar of Bermuda (ad hoc).

Thomas is the editor of the key practitioner works in trusts and estates, namely Lewin on Trusts, Theobald on Wills and Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks: Executors, Administrators and Probate.

Recommended as a Leading Junior in the latest Chambers UK Bar, Global and HNW directories for Chancery: Traditional, Trusts and Offshore, Thomas is described as “literally indispensable. A complete workhorse, he is really one of the team and rolls up his sleeves. He is incredibly bright and very diplomatic.”  He is also ranked in the Legal 500 UK Bar (Private Client: Trusts and Probate) and English Bar Offshore.

Thomas’s practice also covers the whole range of commercial and chancery work. He has been instructed in several heavy commercial disputes involving trusts or estates elements. He also has a growing practice in charities work, particularly related to the administration of charitable trusts and similar structures.

News & Events

  • News

    Serle Court Achieves Top Tier Ranking in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore, with... Read More

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    Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Viegas & Ors v Estate of Jose Luis Cutrale & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 1122

    Thomas Fletcher acted on behalf of the successful Defendants in these appeals concerning, among other things, principles of private international... Read More

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    Serle Court Client Party 2024

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    Informa: Transcontinental Trusts Bermuda 2023

    Location: Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, Bermuda
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  • "Thomas is a joy to work with. You can always be confident that no stone is left unturned and that all eventualities, even in the most high pressured and complex of cases, have been considered."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Thomas offers calm, pragmatic advice, even in the midst of extreme pressure. He is incredibly hard-working, and constantly makes our lives easier through his provision of very high-quality advice."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Tom is an able junior who done some very big offshore cases. He is great - tremendously hard-working, knows his way around the area well and a pleasure to work with."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Thomas is incredibly diligent, thorough and a joy to deal with. He is extremely knowledgeable, commercial and pragmatic and can see the wood for the trees."

    The Legal 500, 2025

Education & Qualifications

MA (Cantab) First Class
LLM (Queen Mary, University of London) Distinction

Appointments

Deputy District Judge (Civil), South Eastern Circuit

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR

News & Events

  • News

    Serle Court Achieves Top Tier Ranking in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore, with... Read More

    News

    Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Viegas & Ors v Estate of Jose Luis Cutrale & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 1122

    Thomas Fletcher acted on behalf of the successful Defendants in these appeals concerning, among other things, principles of private international... Read More

  • Events Hub

    Serle Court Client Party 2024

    Location: Read More

    Events

    Informa: Transcontinental Trusts Bermuda 2023

    Location: Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, Bermuda Read More