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XXIV Old Buildings

Partnership

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XXIV Old Buildings

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Partnership - London (Bar)

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

XXIV Old Buildings is a set that offers a strong bench of partnership practitioners on both the contentious and non-contentious sides. Its members act for financial services clients, property developers and traditional family-owned partnership structures, among others, and have particular strength in partnership cases in offshore jurisdictions. Key recent cases include Bugden v Grosvenor Partners LLP, where the set successfully defended a substantial damages claim following the breakdown of an accounting partnership. Members also appeared in Bahia v Sidhu & Anor, in which the Court of Appeal overturned a previous decision by the High Court concerning a dispute over the distribution of assets after dissolution of the partnership. A solicitor says of the chambers: "XXIV Old Buildings is a high-quality set with barristers who offer good value for money. They are easy to get on with."

Paul Horsfield is the Head of Clerking.

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Strengths

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  • XXIV Old Buildings has a nice, compact team of clerks, who are reasonable on fees. They provide great customer satisfaction which is why I keep going back.

    Partnership respondentUK Bar

Notable Practitioners

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  • Elspeth Talbot Rice
    Elspeth Talbot Rice

    Elspeth Talbot Rice

    Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is noted for combining a formidable courtroom presence with widely admired clarity of thought when dealing with especially complex and highly contentious partnership matters. Her experience covers the full range of partnership types, and she has particular familiarity with issues affecting commercial, financial services and family-owned structures.

    • Elspeth Talbot Rice is formidable. She's great for the clients and terrifying if you're against her.

      Partnership respondentUK Bar

    • Elspeth Talbot Rice is an astute barrister with great gravitas. She is a hugely impressive character.

      Partnership respondentUK Bar
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  • Hugh Miall
    Hugh Miall

    Hugh Miall

    Hugh Miall is an experienced commercial chancery practitioner who has a broad partnership practice covering traditional partnerships, LLPs and joint ventures.

    • Hugh Miall is great and like a member of our own team. Our clients really trust him. He's highly commercial, but also very personable and human.

      Partnership respondentUK Bar

    • Hugh Miall is very good and very user-friendly.

      Partnership respondentUK Bar
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Ranked Barristers at XXIV Old Buildings (2)

London (Bar)

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