Eliza has a busy junior practice across the full range of Chambers’ core areas including Art and Cultural Property. She appears regularly in the High Court both as sole counsel and led. Eliza is a French speaker and is often instructed in cases involving a French element. She is a member of the LexisNexis Expert Panel for Private Client.
Chambers and Partners recommends her as a leading barrister in the Chambers UK Bar and Chambers High Net Worth guides, which describe her as matching “the ability of barristers far senior to her”. She has been praised as“a rarity; she has laser-like focus and is able to develop sophisticated strategies whilst being a joy to work with”.
Eliza has a keen interest in 1975 Act Claims and has been involved in leading cases including Cowan v Foreman. She has recently been appointed to the editorial team of Inheritance Act Claims: Law Practice and Procedure.
Other recent and current instructions include Fielding v Simon C Dickinson Ltd, successfully defending the art dealer from a claim concerning the sale of a painting by the 18th century French painter Chardin; removing an executor and setting aside the transfer of properties on behalf of the charity WaterAid; and advising on the effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 on succession rights in the context of a gift of a Tuscan villa, now an academic centre. Eliza is also involved in statutory will proceedings with issues of private international law involving India and Spain.
After completing pupillage in chambers in 2016, Eliza spent seven months in the Contentious Trusts and Succession group at Withers LLP, where she worked on a number of claims involving dynastic and high net worth estates.
