5 Stone Buildings

5 Stone Buildings specialises in specialises in a broad range of Chancery and Chancery-related commercial matters, with particular expertise in trusts and estates, taxation, real property, landlord and tenant, pensions, charities, partnerships, the Court of Protection, insolvency, art and cultural property, and professional negligence arising in these areas. Members of 5 Stone Buildings are known for providing efficient and effective litigation and advisory services and are noted for their approachability. They appear in courts at all levels, both within the UK and internationally.

Advice and representation are regularly provided in matters involving property, wills, trusts, taxation, and charities. Chambers has substantial expertise in onshore and offshore tax planning, and its members frequently publish and lecture on this subject. Members are experienced in contested probate, executorship, estate planning, Inheritance Act claims, and breach of trust matters. They act regularly for HMRC and have appeared in leading cases on income and capital taxation.

Members also have a strong presence in the Court of Protection, including cases involving both property and affairs and health and welfare matters, often acting on behalf of the Official Solicitor.

In the area of occupational pensions, members have been involved in key cases concerning trustees' duties and pension fund surpluses.

Professional negligence is a further area of focus, with members acting for both claimants and defendants.

In land law, chambers handles cases involving conveyancing disputes, land registration, easements, restrictive covenants, mortgage issues, trespass, misrepresentation, mistake, and undue influence.

Landlord and tenant matters include lease creation and termination, rent arrears, and issues involving commercial, agricultural, and residential tenancies as well as long leaseholds.

Chambers is also experienced in partnership disputes, and two members are co-authors of a leading text in the field.