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Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC has an exceptional reputation at the traditional chancery Bar and is also noted for her skilful handling of large offshore matters. She is frequently sought after for the most complex, high-profile and high-value matters.
Strengths
Elspeth Talbot Rice is a go-to KC. She is really very approachable and robust, and carries a lot of authority when speaking to the clients and opponents. She is hugely knowledgeable and experienced.
It is like having a Supreme Court judge on your side. Elspeth is a force of nature.
Elspeth is super bright. She really knows her stuff and comes up with very clever arguments.
Elspeth is definitely the best at the English Bar, for me. She is on a different planet, an absolutely outstanding advocate.
Elspeth is the queen of trust and estates litigation. She is the one you want to go to and the one you don't want on the other side.
Offshore - All Circuits
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
She was fearless and very well prepared.
Elspeth Talbot Rice is very strong in difficult situations.
Elspeth has a brilliant mind and is strategic and analytical.
Partnership - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
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.
Strengths
Elspeth Talbot Rice is formidable. She's great for the clients and terrifying if you're against her.
Elspeth Talbot Rice is an astute barrister with great gravitas. She is a hugely impressive character.
Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)
Strengths
Elspeth is a delight to work with.
Elspeth is astute and has gravitas. She really is formidable.
For gloves-off trust and commercial litigation, she is one of a relatively small number you go to. Elspeth is a force of nature.
Trusts - London (Bar)
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
Elspeth is an absolutely outstanding advocate.
Elspeth is punchy, doesn't take any prisoners and is extremely good. She holds the room in mediations and carries huge authority.
Elspeth has a brilliant mind; she's strategic and analytical. She has a lot of cross-border experience and is also academically extraordinary.
Elspeth is the queen of trust and estates litigation. She's the one you want to go to and the one you don't want on the other side. She's absolutely fantastic to work with.
Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
Strengths
Elspeth is formidable and fiercely bright. She is the standout KC for any commercial, estate or trust issue.
Elspeth is a very good advocate and a very strong lawyer. She has a great following.
Elspeth is incredibly impressive. She is astute and has gravitas.
Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is effective at dealing with large, multimillion-pound fraud and asset-tracing claims. Her practice also encompasses general commercial dispute resolution and traditional chancery. Many of her instructions have an international aspect.
Strengths
She is a wonderful advocate and equally not afraid to take on difficult applications.
She is astute and has gravitas.
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is incredibly impressive; she really is formidable.