JUNIOR PROFILE
Matthew Paton

Matthew Paton

UK Bar 2026

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Ranked in 3 practice areas

Trusts

London (Bar)

3 years ranked

Offshore

All Circuits

2 years ranked

Chancery: Traditional

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Matthew's practice encompasses advisory, drafting and litigation in the areas of trusts and estates (including trusts in divorce), related company law, insolvency, and civil fraud. He regularly appears in the higher courts in the UK.

Matthew also has a strong offshore practice in those areas and related private international law issues. As well as being called to the Bahamas Bar and BVI Bar, Matthew frequently advises and appears in matters arising from all of the principal offshore jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Cayman, the Channel Islands, and more recently Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis and Grenada, and in the Privy Council. He has also acted as an expert on Bahamian law in the UK and US courts.

Due to the nature of Matthew's practice he is comfortable acting as leader, or as part of a wider team in multiple jurisdictions.

Professional Memberships

Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (CTAPS)

STEP (TEP)

Chancery Bar Association (IK Bar)

Bahamas Bar Association

BVI Bar Association

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Trusts - London (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Matthew Paton is instructed in onshore and offshore jurisdictions and acts in both contentious and non-contentious trust and probate matters. He has significant expertise in matters involving validity of deeds, removal of trustees and liability issues.

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Offshore - All Circuits

Band 3
Individual Editorial

Matthew Paton is an impressively knowledgeable junior who offers clients near-unparalleled local expertise in private client matters, including trust and probate disputes. He is called to the Bahamas Bar and has experience appearing before courts across the broader Caribbean region.

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Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)

Band 4
Individual Editorial

Matthew Paton is a well-regarded advocate for traditional chancery disputes, particularly those involving trusts. He frequently appears in offshore and cross-border litigation.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Matthew is very responsive and bright. He's an excellent barrister, who is very pragmatic.

    TrustsUK Bar

  • Matthew is the go-to person for Bahamian trust disputes.

    TrustsUK Bar

  • I find Matthew to be thorough, incisive and a very classy litigator. He's eloquent and an all-round five star barrister.

    TrustsUK Bar

  • Matthew is thorough, incisive and a very classy litigator.

    OffshoreUK Bar

  • Matthew Paton has forensic knowledge and puts things in a language clients understand.

    OffshoreUK Bar

  • Matthew Paton is my go-to for any work in the Bahamas.

    Chancery: TraditionalUK Bar

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