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Henry Hickman

Partner, Litigation Henry’s clients include private clients, privately owned companies, trustees, family offices and offshore law firms. His experience covers all aspects of trust disputes, in particular advising trustees in the context of divorce proceedings and beneficiaries on their interests under their trusts when there is contention. He has advised several clients on claims against their financial advisers, for example, where the clients sued because they were advised to invest in defective tax or investment schemes. He has acted in numerous probate disputes and recently has been involved in several cases brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. As well as assisting onshore clients, his work has a significant cross-border element. Henry handles the firm’s Privy Council agency work and has advised on over 40 appeals and applications for permission to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. In common with the firm’s international contentious and non-contentious trusts expertise, Henry has been instructed in most of the high profile and ground breaking appeals to the Privy Council in the sphere of trust law in the last ten years. Further details on our Privy Council work are available here. Henry’s practice has given him an unusually large amount of experience of acting for clients in other appellate courts as well as the Privy Council, having overseen several cases through the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the UK. Henry is ranked in both The Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners HNW guide. These rankings are based on independent research conducted by the respective publications and feedback from the firm’s clients, peers and referers. “a calm head” with “a measured style when dealing with opponents” The Legal 500 2016 “a rising star in this area” “a real gentleman, through and through” “He is a very nice guy and always on the ball. He serves his clients well.” Chambers HNW 2017 · Sinclair Gibson LLP

EnglandLitigation, Trusts & Probate

About

Partner in Sinclair Gibson LLP's Litigation team specialising in contentious trusts and probate, acting for private clients, trustees, family offices, privately owned companies and offshore law firms. He handles the firm's Privy Council agency work (having advised on over 40 Privy Council appeals and applications) and has overseen appeals through the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court; he joined the firm in 2005 and became a partner in 2015.

Practice areas

LitigationTrusts & ProbatePrivate ClientAppellateProfessional NegligenceInternational / Cross-Border

Office

England

Sinclair Gibson LLP · Partner, Litigation Henry’s clients include private clients, privately owned companies, trustees, family offices and offshore law firms. His experience covers all aspects of trust disputes, in particular advising trustees in the context of divorce proceedings and beneficiaries on their interests under their trusts when there is contention. He has advised several clients on claims against their financial advisers, for example, where the clients sued because they were advised to invest in defective tax or investment schemes. He has acted in numerous probate disputes and recently has been involved in several cases brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. As well as assisting onshore clients, his work has a significant cross-border element. Henry handles the firm’s Privy Council agency work and has advised on over 40 appeals and applications for permission to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. In common with the firm’s international contentious and non-contentious trusts expertise, Henry has been instructed in most of the high profile and ground breaking appeals to the Privy Council in the sphere of trust law in the last ten years. Further details on our Privy Council work are available here. Henry’s practice has given him an unusually large amount of experience of acting for clients in other appellate courts as well as the Privy Council, having overseen several cases through the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the UK. Henry is ranked in both The Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners HNW guide. These rankings are based on independent research conducted by the respective publications and feedback from the firm’s clients, peers and referers. “a calm head” with “a measured style when dealing with opponents” The Legal 500 2016 “a rising star in this area” “a real gentleman, through and through” “He is a very nice guy and always on the ball. He serves his clients well.” Chambers HNW 2017

England

Expertise

Contentious trust disputesProbate and Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 claimsPrivy Council appeals and other appellate workClaims against financial advisers / professional negligenceCross-border trust and private client matters

Education

  • University of Bristol (BA) – History of Art (1995–1998)
  • College of Law, London – CPE and LPC (1999–2001)