A powerful advocate.”

Legal 500 law 2016, Commercial, banking, insolvency and Chancery

Guy is an experienced chancery practitioner with a thorough understanding of trust principles, and acts and advises in connection with the administration of trusts and estates. He has a particular expertise in derivative actions.

He is a member of STEP and has had a number of reported trusts, estates, estoppel and undue influence cases. He also appeared in the first trust/estate case to be heard by the Supreme Court: Roberts v Gill [2011] 1 AC 240, which is the leading case on derivative actions.

In the last year he has appeared in a reported trusts case, and appeared at a 5-day trial involving a claim by way proprietary estoppel.

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A powerful advocate.”

Legal 500 law 2016, Commercial, banking, Insolvency and Chancery

His practice incorporates a wide range of commercial and chancery cases.”

Legal 500 2017, Commercial, Banking, Insolvency and Chancery law

  • Appointments:

    • Junior Counsel to the Crown (2003-2007)

  • Qualifications & awards:

    • MA (Cantab)

  • Professional memberships:

    • Chancery Bar Association
    • Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association
    • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

  • Additional information:

    Guy won entrance scholarships to Stowe School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences and Law. He did his pupillage in London in Chancery and Administrative Law chambers.

  • Guy Adams is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please read here.