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Offshore (Bar) - UK
Individual Editorial
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is a highly regarded and much sought-after expert who handles a full spectrum of commercial and traditional chancery work. She has experience acting in jurisdictions spanning the BVI, Bermuda and the UK Crown Dependencies, and acts for both claimants and defendants in significant trust and estates disputes. She has particular experience in cases concerning asset transfers and restructuring.
Strengths
Elspeth is a powerful and persuasive silk who is at the top of her game. Fair to say her name is a seal of the highest quality in the trusts world.
Elspeth is the leading individual in her field for chancery and trusts. She really holds her own and when she speaks you really sit up and listen.
A top barrister. She is extremely analytical, straightforward, strategic in her advocacy and a pleasure to work with.
Elspeth has got to be one of the stars in offshore: a go-to individual. She is an absolute delight to work with, a real team player and an exceptional advocate.
Private Wealth: Trusts - UK
Individual Editorial
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is a widely admired barrister with a very strong track record in trusts litigation. She is frequently instructed by many leading solicitors in this field and often acts in very significant and high-value disputes, both onshore and offshore. Peers recognise her as a leading silk who deals with the most high-profile cases in the trusts world.
Strengths
The leading individual in the field, she is a highly respected figure of great authority who has huge gravitas. When she speaks, you really sit up and listen.
Elspeth is a powerful, forceful and persuasive silk who is at the top of her game. It is fair to say that her name is a seal of the highest quality in the trusts world.
A fierce opponent, who approaches everything she does with great pragmatism.
Extremely analytical, straightforward and strategic in her advocacy, she's a pleasure to work with.
Dispute Resolution: Commercial Chancery - UK
Strengths
Elspeth is exceptional. She is an extremely experienced barrister, who delivers news, good or bad, beautifully.
She is the leading individual in her field for chancery and trusts. Highly respected, she puts the fear of God into people and just has huge authority in the court.
She is an exceptional barrister with a stellar reputation.
Dispute Resolution: Commercial - UK
Strengths
Elspeth is just the silk you want if you've a difficult cross-border dispute. She is sensible and strategic in her approach.
She is always wonderfully supportive of the team and client, and is also rigorous in her preparation.
Elspeth is a very competitive silk, who really has incredibly good commercial judgement. She knows exactly which points to take and which to avoid.