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Provided by Thomas Fletcher
Practice Areas
Thomas Fletcher specialises in trusts and estates work and related private client work, which embraces contentious and non-contentious matters such as claims for breach of trust, contentious probate, variation of trusts and trustee directions applications. Much of his work is offshore and he has extensive experience in the Channel Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong and other offshore jurisdictions in trusts matters. Recent cases include ITG Ltd v Fort Trustees Ltd sub nom. Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi (insolvent trusts); Viegas v Cutrale (succession; conflict of laws); and Bourlakova v Bourlakov.
Career
MA (Cantab), LLM. Called to the Bar 2009 (Inner Temple).
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR.
Publications
Editor of Lewin on Trusts, 20th Edn (plus 1st Supplement); Editor of Theobald on Wills, 19th Edn; Editor of Trusts and Trustees.
Personal
Born 1983. Educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Chambers Review
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Thomas Fletcher is a specialist in trusts and estate matters, both domestic and offshore. The vast majority of his work is contentious, but he further has experience of drafting a range of trusts instruments and associated documents. He is also a frequent contributor to various leading trusts textbooks.
Thomas Fletcher is noted for his handling of a wide variety of traditional chancery matters, and has a particular depth of expertise in offshore and cross-border related trusts matters.
Thomas Fletcher is a junior who specialises in trust disputes, including breach of trust, gross negligence and trustee removal. He has been instructed in commercial and trust litigation in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Bermuda. He also provides advice on non-contentious trust administration issues. He has experience in contentious probate proceedings.
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Provided by Chambers
"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."
"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."
"Thomas is an excellent junior with good insight and commercial acumen. He's also a strong draftsperson."
"Tom is an able junior who has done some very big offshore cases. He's great, tremendously hardworking, knows his way around the area well and a pleasure to work with."
"Responsive, collaborative and tactically sound."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Thomas is an excellent junior with good insight and commercial acumen. He's also a strong draftsperson."
"Tom is an able junior who has done some very big offshore cases. He's great, tremendously hardworking, knows his way around the area well and a pleasure to work with."
"Responsive, collaborative and tactically sound."
"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."
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