Tracey Angus KC
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Private Wealth: Trusts
Band 1
About
Provided by Tracey Angus KC
Practice Areas
Traditional Chancery practice focussed on trusts, contentious probate, family provision, Court of Protection and related professional negligence. Acted in trust disputes in a variety of contexts, traditional dynastic trusts to commercial trusts, applications to remove trustees, set aside trustees’ decisions, determine points of construction, seeking compensation for breach of trust. Regularly represents trustees and beneficiaries in matrimonial disputes. Acted in high-profile probate disputes, extensive experience of 1975 Act claims and variety of equitable claims including: to set aside transactions for undue influence and fraud, proprietary estoppel, tracing claims. Reported cases include: Wesley v Chantler [2018] EWHC 21 (will construction); Dellal v Dellal [2015] EWHC 907 (family provision); Re Lucian Freud [2014] WTLR 1453 (secret trusts); Curtis v Pulbrook [2011] EWHC (Ch) 167 (gifts in equity); [2009] EWHC 1370 (trusts; undue influence); Gill v Woodall [2011] Ch 380 (probate); [2009] EWHC 3778 (Ch) (probate; proprietary estoppel); Holman v Howes [2008] 1 FLR 1217 (constructive trusts; estoppel); Kostic v Chaplin [2007] EWHC 2289 (probate); [2008] WTLR 655 (costs); P v G [2007] WTLR 691 (family provision).
Career
Called 1991. Silk 2012.
Professional Memberships
ACTAPs, PNBA, ChBA.
Publications
Co-author 'A Practical Guide to Inheritance Act Claims' (2nd Ed. Law Society 2017).
Personal
MA Hons (Edin); Dip Law (City).
Chambers Review
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Tracey Angus KC
Tracey Angus KC is a trusted and respected silk with an enviable trusts practice. She is a particularly fine choice of counsel for matrimonial trusts work and is frequently instructed both domestically and overseas.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simply the best, she's unbelievably thorough and hard-working, highly commercial and just a fantastic advocate. Tracey is the silk you definitely want on your side and not on the other side."
"If you want a fighter, Tracey is the one to have on your side."
"Tracey is just amazing. Her attention to detail is frightening. She's so on top of all the details in the case. She got an incredible result for the client due to her preparation and the strength of her advocacy."
"Simply the best, she's unbelievably thorough and hard-working, highly commercial and just a fantastic advocate. Tracey is the silk you definitely want on your side and not on the other side."
"If you want a fighter, Tracey is the one to have on your side."
"Tracey is just amazing. Her attention to detail is frightening. She's so on top of all the details in the case. She got an incredible result for the client due to her preparation and the strength of her advocacy."
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