
Private Client specialists have seen a dramatic change in practice in recent years, acting for a wider range of clients across a larger geographical area. Cases are becoming increasingly contentious involving more complex trusts structures from different jurisdictions, and as a result practitioners are having to evolve to meet the needs of their increasingly sophisticated and international clients. In a four-page feature for Solicitors Journal titled ‘A Whole New World’, Richard Wilson QC was invited to discuss old fashioned perceptions of Private Client Lawyers compared to the 2020 reality.