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Thomas Middlehurst

Partner | Contentious trusts and estates | Contentious trusts and estates

Richmond

T 020 8939 2737

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About Thomas

Contentious Trusts & Probate Disputes
Property Ownership Disputes
Real Estate Disputes

A litigation & dispute resolution expert specialising in high-value and complex disputes, my practice covers disputes involving contentious trusts and probate, property ownership and all aspects of real estate.

I specialise in acting for private individuals, trusts, charities owner-managed businesses, developers and serial entrepreneurs.

My clients price my pragmatic, commercial and cost-effective legal advice. As an experienced litigator and negotiator, I utilise alternative dispute resolution (where possible) to avoid the time and expense of court proceedings.

I am named as a key lawyer in the 2019 & 2020 edition of Legal 500 for Property Litigation and the 2020 edition for Contentious Trusts & Estates and below are examples of client feed back received from past Practitioners Guides.

Outside of work I enjoy cycling, golf, rugby (more watching than playing these days) and adventure sports, in particular backcountry skiing when I can find the time to make it to the slopes. I’m also a qualified skydiver.

Accreditations & Memberships

Called to the Bar in 2008 (non practising)
Call to the Rolls in 2011
Full Member of Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists
Member of the Property Litigation Association
Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association
Member of the Contentious Trusts Association

Client
Tom has a very good manner, excellent professionalism and excellent knowledge of his specialist areas of law. He is very responsive and trustworthy.

Client
I was most impressed by and appreciated the commercial approach taken by Thomas. He is able to understand our needs on a commercial level and tailor his advice and the solutions he offers to meet those needs. Thomas is also great at providing simple solutions to complex problems and liaising with us and our other commercial advisers to ensure that the whole team is working under a unified strategy with the same goals. This enables us to deal with problems quickly as they arise and not lose sight of the big picture. I would recommend Thomas.

Client
Litigation is never something you want to enter into lightly, but Thomas has the ability to get to grips with the facts of a case quickly and provide clear and professional advice, enabling us to pursue a course of action targeted at producing our desired outcome. Thomas Middlehurst is an excellent commercial litigator with a solid background in property law. His outstanding qualities are his ability to communicate effectively with clients in dealing with complicated cases and to progress matters with minimal input. There are some very good lawyers I work with, but Thomas stands out on the litigation side.

Client
Thomas Middlehurst conducted our case in a professional, realistic and practical manor. Despite the continuous threatening bravado and bluster from the claimant’s solicitor, Mr Middlehurst’s responses were always professional rather than emotional. Mr Middlehurst had the ability to take the emotion out of the issue and was always realistic in his communication of the potential outcome scenarios.

Client
His outstanding qualities are his ability to communicate effectively with clients in dealing with complicated cases and to progress matters with minimal input. There are some very good lawyers I work with, but Thomas stands out on the litigation side.

Client
We have appreciated Tom’s knowledge and sound advice on a number of matters and Clients have always warmed to his approach. Never afraid to organise an effective response to our needs.

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News & latest updates

News

Residential tenancy notice periods are changing

Georgina Dudman

28.09.2021

The UK Government has confirmed that residential tenancy notice periods will return to pre-pandemic timescales from 1 October 2021. The…

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Coronavirus: Changes to residential tenancy notice periods

Simon Beetham

26.05.2021

The Coronavirus Act 2020 has been amended to change the notice periods for notices served on or after 1 June…

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Covid-19 rent arrears enforcement

Simon Beetham

25.11.2020

To provide further clarity for landlords and tenants, on 19 June 2020 the Government published guidance for the commercial property…

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The difficulties of being an executor of a will – to deal or not to deal?

Emily Travell

26.06.2020

Executors can find themselves in a difficult position when faced with the prospect of purchasing assets from an estate, even…

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