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Rupert Ticehurst

Rupert is a partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team. His practice is divided between trust, probate and commercial litigation and private client advisory work. He is a CEDR qualified mediator and acts as a trustee, executor and trust protector. Over the last 20 years Rupert has managed a large number of trust, probate and commercial disputes in England and offshore. His cases include removal of trustees, protectors and executors (and defending removal claims); variation of trusts; rectification of trusts; challenging trustees’ decisions and advising trustees on making decisions in contentious circumstances; challenging trustees’ fees; claims for breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation and fraud; advising trustees in relation to divorce; freezing orders; claims for breach of contract; passing off and breach of trademark. Rupert is individually ranked as a top-tier Band 1 practitioner in the Legal 500. He was ranked by Best Lawyers 2021 as a leading specialist in the area of Trusts and Personal Tax. He is also ranked in Band 1 for Private Wealth Disputes in the Chambers HNWI guide, and in Band 1 in the Chambers Global Guide for International Private Client: Contentious. · Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP

EnglandDispute Resolution, Trusts & Estates

About

Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team at Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, Rupert divides his practice between trust, probate and commercial litigation and private client advisory work; he is a CEDR qualified mediator and acts as a trustee, executor and trust protector. Over the last 20 years he has managed numerous trust, probate and commercial disputes in England and offshore and is individually ranked Band 1 in Legal 500 and Chambers (Private Wealth Disputes / International Private Client: Contentious).

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionTrusts & EstatesPrivate ClientCommercial LitigationIntellectual Property

Office

Expertise

Contentious trusts and probatePrivate wealth disputesTrustee and executor matters (including removal and defending removal claims)Fiduciary duty and breach of trust claimsTrust variation and rectificationCross-border (England and offshore) disputes

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England (admitted 2002)
  • Former barrister
  • CEDR Qualified Mediator