UK Bar
Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)
Penelope Reed KC
Penelope Reed KC is an exceptionally well-respected silk whose broad chancery practice includes contentious probate, disputed wills and the administration of estates. She handles the most complex and high-profile matters and is also noted for her mediation practice in this area.
Strengths
"She is absolutely outstanding in her field, she has a really enviable practice, both domestic and offshore. She will always be a go-to for us."
Court of Protection: Property & Affairs - All Circuits
Penelope Reed KC
Penelope Reed KC is a top-class silk whose extensive chancery experience informs her excellent Court of Protection practice. She has been involved in numerous high-value, complex applications in the Court of Protection. She is instructed by an impressively diverse client base encompassing charities, vulnerable individuals and families.
Strengths
"She is very thorough and very methodical in delivering the case to clients. She is very considered."
"She is a very smooth advocate and on top of the law."
Trusts - London (Bar)
Penelope Reed KC
Penelope Reed KC is an exceptionally eminent silk with a formidable depth of experience in trusts and inheritance matters. She is noted for her work on high-profile cases and particularly for her trial advocacy. Her practice also includes acting as a mediator in major trust disputes.
Strengths
"She has great judgment and everything she says sounds so reasonable."
Offshore - London (Bar)
Penelope Reed KC
Penelope Reed KC of 5 Stone Buildings focuses her practice on the representation of private clients in such matters as trusts, estate and inheritance disputes. She has experience acting in such jurisdictions as the Channel Islands and the Far East.
Strengths
"Penelope Reed is absolutely well regarded in the contentious trust world."
"She is a very able and calm practitioner. She is the person you want to bring in if you were trying to sort things out rather than go in guns blazing."
"Penelope Reed is excellent, and personality-wise she is nice and very nice to have on a team."