Elliott J Phillips

Practice Areas

Elliott is an internationally recognised barrister specialising in offshore contentious trusts, estates and private wealth disputes. His practice also includes commercial litigation, civil fraud, asset tracing, insolvency and shareholder disputes. Uniquely, Elliott can accept instructions to appear before all Courts in England, Wales and Gibraltar.

Primarily based in Gibraltar, Elliott is regularly instructed by leading international firms in which Gibraltar proceedings are issued or where there is a strong Gibraltar connection to the litigation. He regularly appears before the Chancery Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council on matters relating to the administration of trusts. Elliott’s cases involve removal of trustees, protectors and executors, challenging trustees’ decisions, breach of trust, advising trustees and beneficiaries on freezing orders, both domestically and in foreign proceedings, and advising on trusts in the divorce context.

Elliott is one of Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite lawyers, reflecting his position as one of the leading private client and trust and estates litigators globally.

Career

ISOLAS 2002, Associate; 2006, Senior Associate; 2010, Partner; Signature Litigation Gibraltar 2016, Founding Partner.

Personal

HM Leader of the Opposition, December 2017 - October 2019. Re-elected 2019, Shadow Minister for Health and the Environment.