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Payne Hicks Beach top ranked in Chambers UK 2021 legal directory

Following the publication of Chambers UK 2021 legal directory, we are delighted to be top-ranked (Band 1) in Family and also to receive firm rankings for Defamation/Reputation Management and Agriculture & ...

Payne Hicks Beach hosts ConTrA’s Celebrity Cook-Along with Rosemary Shrager

Payne Hicks Beach was delighted to host ConTrA’s virtual Celebrity Cook-Along with Rosemary Shrager on 8 October. ConTrA members dusted off their aprons, channelled inner Bake-Off aspirations, and welcomed ...

The Legal 500 UK 2021: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is proud that the firm continues with its ranking as a Top Tier Firm in Family and sees the firm recognised as a Leading Firm in 17 other ...

International Trust & Private Client Jersey 2020 - Jessica Henson

The Informa International Trusts & Private Client Forum Jersey Virtual Conference took place on 8 October 2020 where Jessica Henson, a partner specialising in risk and disputes in respect of trusts and ...

International Trust & Private Client Guernsey 2020 - Jessica Henson

Jessica Henson, a partner specialising in risk and disputes in respect of trusts and estates at Payne Hicks Beach attended the Informa International Trusts & Private Client Forum Guernsey Virtual ...

The Spear’s Tax & Trust Advisers Index 2020: Robert Brodrick, Rosamond McDowell & Emily Stoneham

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted that Robert Brodrick, Rosamond McDowell, and Emily Stoneham are listed in The 2020 Spear’s Tax & Trust Index which ranks ...

Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2020: Payne Hicks Beach shortlisted for Contentious Trusts & Estates Team of the Year

Payne Hicks Beach has been shortlisted for Contentious Trusts & Estates Team of the Year at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2020. The nominations are based on extensive objective ...

Payne Hicks Beach top ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2020

Chambers & Partners has published the 2020 edition of their High Net Worth (HNW) Guide and Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to be top-ranked (Band 1) in Family: High Net Worth and ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2020

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Dispute Resolution, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders ...

ThoughtLeaders4 PrivateClient & ConTrA: Exposing bad trustees in a post-pandemic landscape – Jessica Henson

Jessica Henson, Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach and specialist solicitor advising on trust law chaired ThoughtLeaders4PrivateClient’s webinar in partnership with ConTrA on ...

Citywealth Top 100 Trust Litigators 2020: Richard Manyon

Richard Manyon, Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and Head of Contentious Trusts and Probate, is listed in Citywealth’s Top 100 Trust Litigators 2020. Citywealth conducted a research programme ...

Payne Hicks Beach announces key promotions

Leading central London Law Firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce four key promotions at the firm, effective 1 June 2020. Emily Stoneham, Clarissa Ferguson and Isabella Savill are promoted to ...

Meet the Experts: Covid-19 & Wills in isolation – Jessica Henson

On 30 April 2020 Jessica Henson, Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach and specialist solicitor advising on trusts and estate planning risks participated in ...

ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce and Refuge: Jessica Henson

On 21 April 2020 Jessica Henson, Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach and specialist solicitor advising on trust law issues relating to divorce proceedings attended ThoughtLeaders4 ...

LegalMoves: the appointment of Jessica Henson

LegalMoves reports on the appointment of Jessica Henson as a Partner, specialising in contentious trusts and estates in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne ...

Eprivateclient reports on the appointment of Jessica Henson and Sarah Williams

Eprivateclient reports on the appointment of Jessica Henson as a Partner and Sarah Williams as a Legal Director in the Dispute Resolution and Family departments respectively, first published in Eprivateclient ...

Payne Hicks Beach adds further senior hires in the Dispute Resolution and Family departments

Leading London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner, Jessica Henson, and a Legal Director, Sarah Williams, who join the Dispute Resolution ...

The Spear’s 500 2020: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed

We are proud that our leading lawyers from our speclialist practice areas of Family, Property, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law, Landed Estates & Agriculture ...

The Spear’s Reputation Lawyers Index 2020: Dominic Crossley and Hanna Basha

We are delighted that specialist privacy and media law lawyers, Dominic Crossley, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution and Hanna Basha, Dispute Resolution Partner, are listed in The Spear ...

New Law Journal: Coverage of Payne Hicks Beach key promotions

Coverage of the promotion of Scott Goldstein and Jonathan Sewell to Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Risk & Compliance Departments respectively and Nick Grant ...

Eprivateclient reports on Payne Hicks Beach Partner and Associate Promotions

Coverage of the promotion of Scott Goldstein and Jonathan Sewell to Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Risk & Compliance Departments respectively and Nick Grant ...

Wealth Briefing: Who’s Moving Where - Promotions at Payne Hicks Beach

Coverage of the promotion of Scott Goldstein and Jonathan Sewell to Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Risk & Compliance Departments respectively and Nick Grant and Katie Parkes to ...

Payne Hicks Beach grows partnership with key promotions

Leading London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce four promotions – two Partner and two Associate – across the firm’s Dispute Resolution, Family and Risk ...

Spear’s Wealth Management Award 2019: Hanna Basha shortlisted for Reputation Management Lawyer of the Year

We are delighted that Hanna Basha, Partner in the leading Privacy and Media Law department at Payne Hicks Beach is shortlisted for the individual award of "Reputation Management Lawyer ...

Payne Hicks Beach Partners named in Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2019

Payne Hicks Beach Partners, Robert Brodrick, Frederick Bjørn and Richard Manyon, have been named as "Global Elite" in Legal Week's Private Client ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2019

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders List 2019. This ...

CDR - Promotion of Ane Vernon

Coverage of the promotion of Ane Vernon to Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department at Payne Hicks Beach, as of 1 June 2019, first published online in CDR (Commercial Dispute ...

Payne Hicks Beach shortlisted for Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year 2019/20 at STEP Private Client Awards

The Payne Hicks Beach leading Contentious Trusts and Estates Team is a finalist in the Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year (midsize) category at the 1 ...

Legal Moves: Payne Hicks Beach Promotions 2019

Coverage of the promotion of Ane Vernon to Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department, Howard Taylor to Partner in the Corporate Department, Emily Hewlett ...

eprivateclient: Payne Hicks Beach Promotions 2019

Coverage of the promotion of Ane Vernon to Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department, Howard Taylor to Partner in the Corporate Department, Emily Hewlett and Melissa Ellis to Associate in ...

Payne Hicks Beach announces Partner and Associate promotions

Leading London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce six internal promotions across the firm’s Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Private Client and Family departments. Ane Vernon and ...

Dr Daniel Poulter MP wins apology, substantial damages and costs from Times Newspapers Limited over The Sunday Times reporting of fellow MP’s false sex claims

Press Release Dr Daniel Poulter MP wins apology, substantial damages and costs from Times Newspapers limited over The Sunday Times reporting of fellow MP’s false sex claims Dr ...

A new generation of management for Payne Hicks Beach

Leading central London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce a newly created Management Board and changes to the Heads of the firm’s renowned Family and ...

Spear’s 2019 Top Ten Reputation Lawyers: Dominic Crossley

Dominic Crossley, Head of Dispute Resolution and privacy and media law specialist, retains his posiition as a “Top Ten Reputation Lawyer” in the Spear ...

Payne Hicks Beach appoints specialist barrister in Dispute Resolution department

Leading central London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward Smith as an Employed Barrister within the Dispute Resolution Department. Edward joins the firm ...

Spear’s 500 2019 Directory: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed

We are delighted that our leading lawyers from our Family, Property, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law and Citizenship & Immigration departments are ...

Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2018: Robert Brodrick & Dominic Crossley shortlisted

The Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2018, held at The Dorchester, on 6 November saw both Robert Brodrick and Dominic Crossley shortlisted for “Lawyer of the Year” in their ...

Bruno beats News Group Newspapers

Press Release More used to winning his fights in the ring, Frank Bruno, Britain’s best loved boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world, was forced to ...

Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2018: Payne Hicks Beach Partners listed

We are delighted to announce that Robert Brodrick, Frederick Bjørn and Richard Manyon, Partners at Payne Hicks Beach have been named in the Legal Week Private Client Global ...

Coverage of Lucas Moore’s appointment as a Partner at Payne Hicks Beach

Coverage of the appointment of Lucas Moore as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department at Payne Hicks Beach as of 2 July 2018, first published online in eprivateclient, Wealthadviser and institutionalassetmanager ...

The Law Society Gazette: Payne Hicks Beach Promotions

Coverage of the promotion of Ben Parry-Smith to Partner, Victoria Hingston and Camellia Buckmaster to Associates in the Family Department, Andrew Willan to Associate in the Dispute Resolution Department, Andrea ...

Payne Hicks Beach further strengthens its Dispute Resolution offering with senior lateral hire

Leading London law firm, Payne Hicks beach, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Dispute Resolution Department with key lateral hire Lucas Moore. Lucas joins the firm as a ...

New Law Journal: Firm announces wave of promotions

Coverage of the promotion of Ben Parry-Smith to Partner, Victoria Hingston and Camellia Buckmaster to Associates in the Family Department, Andrew Willan to Associate in the Dispute Resolution Department, Andrea ...

Payne Hicks Beach announces host of Partner and Associate promotions

Leading London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce six internal promotions across its Family, Corporate, Dispute Resolution and Property departments. The promotions consist of one to the ...

EG: Scott Goldstein

Coverage of the appointment of Scott Goldstein as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach where he will specialise in Property Litigation as ...

Payne Hicks Beach further bolsters Property Litigation Team with Associate hire

Leading central London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Goldstein as an Associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution department where he ...

CONTRA: Emily Stoneham talks on the effect of Firewall legislation

On 11 April 2018 Emily Stoneham, solicitor in the Dispute Resolution department, delivered a talk on the effect of Firewall legislation on cross-border trusts and estates litigation for CONTRA (the Contentious Trusts ...

Trusts in Litigation: Richard Manyon co-chairs

On 1 and 2 February 2018 Richard Manyon co-chaired the Trusts in Litigation conference in Reykjavik, Iceland together with Rachael Reynolds of Ogier, James Price of Stewarts and Simon Goldring of Berwin Leighton ...

Payne Hicks Beach expands its renowned Dispute Resolution Department

Leading central London law firm Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce the expansion of its Dispute Resolution Department with the appointment of Charlotte Henshall as a Solicitor. Charlotte joins ...

The Legal 500 UK 2017: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked as a Top Tier Firm in Family and a Leading Firm in 14 other practice areas, together with 7 ...

Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2017: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers named

Payne Hicks Beach has four of its Partners named in the Legal Week Private Client Global Elite list out of 200 private client lawyers from around the world. Named Lawyers: Frederick ...

Payne Hicks Beach top ranked in Chambers HNW 2017

Payne Hicks Beach has been top ranked in 5 different practice areas, with 14 lawyers being individually ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2017 Guide. Independent and research-based, the Chambers HNW guide recognises ...

Spear’s Reputation Management Lawyers 2017: Dominic Crossley

Dominic Crossley, Dispute Resolution partner and privacy and media law specialist, features in the 2017 Spear’s Top 50 Reputation Managers in the Reputation Management Index as a " ...

International Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum: Richard Manyon

On 10 March 2017 Richard Manyon delivered a session (with Basil Zirinis of Sullivan & Cromwell and Manuel Liatowitsch of Schellenberg Wittmer) at the International Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum in France ...

The Spear’s 500 2017: Dominic Crossley

Dominic Crossley features in The Spear’s 500 2017 and is ranked for Reputation Management Lawyers in "Recommended Solicitors" as a "distinguised individual", first published ...

STEP Worldwide Excellence Awards: Richard Manyon top global score

Congratulations to Richard Manyon, Dispute Resoluton partner and contentious trusts specialist, for being awarded the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Worldwide Excellence Award in contentious trusts. Richard ...

STEP Geneva Chapter: Richard Manyon

On 20 October 2016 Richard Manyon delivered a presentation to the Geneva chapter of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) with the title "How to Remove Troublesome Trustees and Trust ...

Payne Hicks Beach held the first event of ConTrA | The 2016 Programme

Payne Hicks Beach was pleased to host the first ConTrA event of 2016 on 14 April 2016. Andrew Willan and Emily Gailey (together with Edward Parkes of Harcus Sinclair) delivered a presentation entitled ...

Payne Hicks Beach hosts first event of ConTrA | The 2016 Programme

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to be hosting the first event of The 2016 Programme for ConTrA. The seminar will be held on Thursday 14 April 2016 at Payne Hicks Beach’s ...

Success in the High Court for Dr Markus Frey

In the High Court of Justice - Claim No.: HC-2010-000011 Forester Maurice Labrouche -v- (1) Markus Albert Frey (2) The Estate of Hugo Albert Frey (3) Soledad Cabeza De Vaca Y Leighton (4) ...

The Legal Protection of Privacy and Free Expression

Dominic Crossley, Dispute Resolution partner and Privacy Law Specialist attended as an expert speaker at the University of Stirling Human Rights Law Conference 2016. Dominic gave a speech on "The ...

Spear’s 500: Payne Hicks Beach Partners listed

Congratulations to Baroness Shackleton, Robert Brodrick, Dominic Crossley and Kathryn Bradbury who feature in the Spear’s 500 magazine first published on 2 January 2016. Baroness Shackleton and Robert Brodrick, partners respectively ...

Payne Hicks Beach bolsters Dispute Resolution

Payne Hicks Beach bolsters Dispute Resolution and Contentious Trusts Offering with internal promotion Leading Central London law firm Payne Hicks Beach has further strengthened its Dispute Resolution and Contentious Trusts ...

Removing executors and making them pay

On 6 November 2015 Payne Hicks Beach scored a significant victory on behalf of one of its clients in the field of contentious trusts and probate. Acting for the sole beneficiary ...

RICS: Ask the Lawyer Series - Andrew Tugwell and Richard Manyon

On Thursday 14 May 2015 Payne Hicks Beach were delighted to host an Ask the Lawyer event in association with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Richard Manyon and Andrew Tugwell ...

Payne Hicks Beach wins for The London Oratory School

We are delighted to announce today's High Court victory for our client The London Oratory School. The School challenged by way of Judicial Review a decision by the Schools Adjudicator ...

Payne Hicks Beach is selected to join UBS Private Wealth Referral Panel

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to announce that they have been selected to join the Private Wealth Referral Panel of UBS. Andrew Berry, the head of Commercial Property, was invited ...

Spear’s: Reputation Management Index - Dominic Crossley

Dominic Crossley, partner in the Dispute Resolution department and specialist privacy and media law expert, has been recognised as a "Distinguished Individual" and placed on the Spear's Reputation Management ...

Super Lawyers 2014

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to announce that their following lawyers are listed in Super Lawyers 2014 annual list of top solicitors in London. Name Position Super Lawyers London Category ...

Payne Hicks Beach appoints leading Dispute Resolution Partner

Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to announce that leading dispute resolution lawyer, Dominic Crossley, joined the firm as a Partner on 10 March. Dominic is an experienced and respected commercial litigator ...

Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust

The firm is a long standing supporter of this charity of which Richard Butcher is a Trustee. The firm invited several locally based guests to a fund raising event in ...

Victory for Payne Hicks Beach Clients at Sail for Gold

Richard Butcher, head of dispute resolution and sports, reviews the action at the Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth. Team GBR continued to rule the waves at the Skandia Sail ...

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