ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Summer School: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide

Richard Wilson KC will be speaking at the upcomng TL4 & ConTrA present Private Client Summer School: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide, taking place from Wednesday, 21st – Friday, 23rd August.

TL4 Next Gen Wealth and ConTrA present a programme full of absolutely everything you would need to know and want to know about your practice area. In our unique Summer School style you can expect a load of networking opportunities in a very enjoyable setting.

Richard will speak at 14:30 on Thursday, 22nd August on ‘All You Need to Know About Powers’. Richard joins James Sheedy (Collas Crill) to cover:

What are powers and how to classify them
Circumstances in which the use of powers can go wrong
Recent case law on powers

Richard Wilson KC has a practice encompassing litigation, drafting and advisory work across a wide range of traditional and commercial chancery, with a strong emphasis 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.

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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.