Rupert Ticehurst
Partner
Head of Dispute Resolution
Rupert is simply fantastic at advising in a commercial, practical manner
The Legal 500
Rupert’s practice is divided between trust, probate and commercial litigation and advisory work. His experience provides him with a unique perspective and unrivalled instincts which have won him accolades from across the industry.
While most disputes are resolved without court proceedings, Rupert has acted in some of the most groundbreaking decisions within private wealth in the past 20 years.
Rupert is individually ranked as a top-tier Band 1 practitioner in the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 guides. He was ranked by Best Lawyers 2024 as a leading specialist in the area of Trusts and Personal Tax and was named by Spear’s in 2023 as a ‘Top Recommended’ Contentious Tax and Trusts lawyer. In November 2021 his team won Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards, and in 2019 were named Chambers HNW Contentious Trust & Estates Team of the Year. Rupert was also ranked as a Thought Leader by the Who’s Who Legal: Private Client 2023 report.
Expertise
Rupert’s 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.
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 one of the foremost trust litigators in England
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
Readily available, client-friendly, technically superb
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
He is always measured in his advice and approach, and gets great results.
The Legal 500
Very bright and very quick, and a phenomenal litigator