Tomos Rees
Junior counsel

Tomos Rees

Call to Bar:2021

Legal 500 Bar rankings 2023

“Fantastic barristers at all levels."

Tomos joined 5 Stone Buildings as a tenant in October 2022, after completing pupillage in chambers under the supervision of Ruth Hughes, Alexander Drapkin, Luke Harris and Hugh Cumber.

Tomos is regularly instructed in all of chambers’ practice areas, including:

  • Contentious and non-contentious probate cases, including will validity challenges and applications to the Probate Registry.
  • Applications to remove personal representatives.
  • Claims pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
  • Court of Protection matters, particularly deputyship applications, applications for statutory wills and gifts, and applications to call in security bonds.
  • Advice regarding offshore trusts.
  • Claims involving proprietary estoppel or pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.

Tomos gained a first-class law degree from the University of Oxford, before completing the Bachelor of Civil Law degree (including courses on restitution and the conflict of laws) and the Bar Training Course. Over the course of his studies, Tomos received a number of scholarships and prizes.

Tomos is a contributing editor of Francis on Inheritance Act Claims: Law, Practice and Procedure. He is also a consulting editor of the official law reports of the Jersey, Guernsey, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.

Tomos speaks Welsh and welcomes work with a Welsh dimension.

About Tomos Rees

Education and qualifications

2012–2015 BA in Jurisprudence, First Class

2019–2020 Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford

2020–2021 Bar Training Course, BPP

Scholarships and prizes

Hertford College scholarship

4 New Square Chambers Scholarship

BPP Excellence Scholarship

BPP Advocacy Scholarship

Lord Justice Holker Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)

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