Thomas Fletcher

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Trusts

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

Band 2

Chancery: Traditional

London (Bar)

9 Years Ranked

Band 2

Offshore

All Circuits

1 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2024

High Net Worth 2024

About

Provided by Thomas Fletcher

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Thomas Fletcher specialises in trusts and estates work and related private client work, which embraces contentious and non-contentious matters such as claims for breach of trust, contentious probate, variation of trusts and trustee directions applications. Much of his work is offshore and he has extensive experience in the Channel Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong and other offshore jurisdictions in trusts matters. Recent cases include ITG Ltd v Fort Trustees Ltd sub nom. Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi (insolvent trusts); Viegas v Cutrale (succession; conflict of laws); and Bourlakova v Bourlakov.

Career

MA (Cantab), LLM. Called to the Bar 2009 (Inner Temple).

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR.

Publications

Editor of Lewin on Trusts, 20th Edn (plus 1st Supplement); Editor of Theobald on Wills, 19th Edn; Editor of Trusts and Trustees.

Personal

Born 1983. Educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK-Bar

Trusts - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Thomas Fletcher is a specialist in trusts and estate matters, both domestic and offshore. The vast majority of his work is contentious, but he further has experience of drafting a range of trusts instruments and associated documents. He is also a frequent contributor to various leading trusts textbooks.

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Offshore - All Circuits

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Thomas Fletcher is a junior who specialises in trust disputes, including breach of trust, gross negligence and trustee removal. He has been instructed in commercial and trust litigation in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Bermuda. He also provides advice on non-contentious trust administration issues. He has experience in contentious probate proceedings.

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Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Thomas Fletcher is noted for his handling of a wide variety of traditional chancery matters, and has a particular depth of expertise in offshore and cross-border related trusts matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Responsive, collaborative and tactically sound.

Trusts respondent
UK-Bar

Tom is an able junior who done some very big offshore cases. He is great - tremendously hard-working, knows his way around the area well and a pleasure to work with.

Offshore respondent
UK-Bar

Thomas is an excellent junior with good insight and commercial acumen. He's also a strong draftsperson.