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Elizabeth Weaver is an “eminent junior” with a broad commercial Chancery practice focusing on private wealth and business disputes.
Her range of work and wealth of experience means that she has the technical knowledge needed to analyse cases where corporate and equitable principles overlap and the ability to give commercial and strategic advice and ensure the effective and efficient presentation of a client’s case. Described as “a very articulate and impressively persuasive barrister” Elizabeth is frequently instructed to appear unled against silks and also to work as a part of a team in large-scale private wealth disputes and commercial claims (both High Court litigation and arbitration).
Recent examples of Elizabeth’s work on the private wealth side are:
Recent commercial cases include:
Elizabeth has wide ranging experience of arbitration, including large scale commercial LCIA and ICC arbitrations.
Elizabeth frequently acts in art and cultural property matters, advising collectors on issues of disputed ownership, agency disputes and related issues.
Elizabeth has considerable experience in these areas, in particular claims for breach of fiduciary duty, accessory liability, freezing orders and other interim remedies. Examples of her experience in this area includes:
Elizabeth’s experience covers a wide range of commercial business disputes and sectors. She is recommended by The Legal 500 (2024) as a leading junior in this area, with clients stating that she is ‘an absolutely top, go-to counsel – very bright, persuasive and detailed’. Her experience in this sphere includes:
Recommended by The Legal 500 2024 as a leading company law junior, Elizabeth Weaver has wide experience in company cases, and in particular unfair prejudice petitions, shareholders’ disputes and claims by and against directors. Clients comment “Elizabeth has a broad range of skills which she adapts ably to all manner of cases”. Her experience includes:
Elizabeth is a co-author of Blackstone’s Guide to the Companies Act 2006.
Elizabeth Weaver has wide experience of business restructuring and insolvency matters, especially claims against directors, winding-up petitions and voluntary arrangements, including professional negligence claims in this area. Examples of her work are:
Elizabeth has considerable experience of disputes arising from joint venture agreements and partnerships. Her experience includes:
Elizabeth has considerable experience of acting for claimants and defendants on a wide variety of professional liability claims, including defending claims of breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy to defraud, dishonesty, having become an established name in this field with the Bristol and West Buildings Society and related mortgage lending litigation. In addition to acting for claimants and defendants in claims involving solicitors, she has acted for and against barristers, accountants, surveyors, stockbrokers and other business professionals in mediation as well as at trial.
Elizabeth’s recent work includes acting on a claim by an landed estate against its land agent in relation to claims to EU subsidies, claims against professionals in relation to handling of trustee investments and the administration of estates.
Recommended by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 for her domestic and offshore work in these fields Elizabeth is “very strong in the trusts world” and “an absolutely top go to counsel”, Elizabeth has considerable experience in trusts, probate and estates work, especially contentious work.
Recent representative examples are:
Other notable cases are:
Elizabeth is a contributor to “International Trust Disputes” published by Oxford University Press. Her articles on trust and probate issues include:
Chancery: Traditional
“A pleasure to work with, she is very clear and concise in her advice and has a broad range of experience to call upon”. “She is very thorough, very responsive and very enthusiastic.”. “Elizabeth is wonderfully practical and direct.” ( Chambers & Partners 2024)
Elizabeth Weaver is an eminent junior with a broad traditional chancery practice, who is frequently instructed in high-value matters, including cross-border cases. She handles a wide array of work, including trust disputes. Strengths: “Liz has a very calming demeanour. She is unflappable and provides coherent and well thought through advice.” (Chambers & Partners 2023)
Elizabeth Weaver is a respected chancery junior who handles complex trusts and probate disputes, often representing trustees, beneficiaries and executors in such matters. According to an interviewee, Weaver “has a phenomenal ability to get on top of paperwork and issues very quickly,” which complements her “excellent client-handling skills.” Another source says: “Liz has a very calm demeanour, she is unflappable and provides coherent and well-thought-through advice.” (2022 – Chambers & Partners High Net Worth)
Elizabeth Weaver is an eminent junior with a broad traditional chancery practice, who is frequently instructed in high-value matters, including cross-border cases. She handles a wide array of work, including trust disputes. Strengths: “Her client care is exceptional. She is a complete fighter who never gives up in a difficult case.” (Chambers & Partners 2022)
Elizabeth Weaver has a broad onshore and offshore practice that includes trusts and estates disputes. “She is very intelligent, very client-friendly and also very proactive. I think she is extremely pragmatic about the views that she takes. She is also very easy to deal with,” says an interviewee. Another source describes Weaver as “hard-working and thoughtful.” (2021 – Chambers & Partners High Net Worth)
Strengths: “She’s just brilliant. She’s very clear-thinking and very good to deal with.” “Her skeleton arguments are a model of clarity. She is truly excellent – a first-class barrister.” (Chambers & Partners 2021)
Private Client: Trusts and Probate ‘Junior of the Year’ 2018 – The Legal 500 Awards
Private Client: Trusts & Probate
Ranked as leading junior for Private Client: Trusts and Probate (The Legal 500 2024)
‘She provides thorough advice in plain English.’ (The Legal 500 2023)
‘Good to deal with, sound advice, good turnaround, accommodating.’ (The Legal 500 2022)
‘Is a persuasive advocate with extensive knowledge and experience in contentious trust and probate matters.’ (The Legal 500 Private Client 2021)
Offshore
“Elizabeth Weaver is great; very technical.” “Elizabeth is very strong in the trusts world. She’s very experienced.” (Chambers & Partners 2024)
Ranked as a Leading Junior (The Legal 500, 2024 & 2023)
Elizabeth Weaver is a deeply experienced junior barrister, well versed in professional negligence and general chancery matters. She is routinely called upon for her expertise in international trusts disputes, high-value commercial litigation and asset recovery, and also frequently acts for ultra high net worth families. She has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has been active in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. (Chambers & Partners 2023)
‘A fantastic all-round advocate who I would not hesitate to instruct again.’ (The Legal 500 2022)
Elizabeth Weaver a deeply experienced junior barrister, well versed in professional negligence and general chancery matters. She is routinely called upon for her expertise in international trusts disputes, high-value commercial litigation and asset recovery, and also frequently acts for ultra high net worth families. She has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has been active in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Strengths: “She’s a really good advocate and knows her trusts.” (Chambers & Partners 2022 – UK and Global)
‘Instructed on a range of advisory matters.’ (The Legal 500 2021)
Strengths: “A very articulate and impressively persuasive barrister.” (Chambers & Partners 2021 – UK and Global)
Professional Negligence
‘She is excellent.’ (The Legal 500 2021)
Company & Partnership
‘Very bright, persuasive and detailed, Elizabeth has a broad range of skills which she adapts ably to all manner of cases.’ (The Legal 500 2024)
‘Advises across a broad range of Chancery and commercial matters. No nonsense but very good with clients.’ (The Legal 500 2023)
‘An exceptional junior for company law matters.’ (The Legal 500 2021)
Commercial Litigation
‘An absolutely top, go-to counsel – very bright, persuasive and detailed, Has a broad range of skills, which she adapts ably to all manner of cases. Clients respect and like her a lot. (The Legal 500 2024)
‘Advises across a broad range of Chancery and commercial matters. No nonsense, but very good with clients. Court room manner is steely and determined.’ (The Legal 500 2023)
‘Superb – she has all of the qualities of a silk, and is hugely experienced and effective both with clients and in the court room. She is a fantastic all round advocate who solicitors would not hesitate to instruct again.’ (The Legal 500 2022)
‘She is smart, efficient, pragmatic and gets straight to the heart of contentious issues cost effectively.’ (The Legal 500 2021)
Middle East: The English Bar – Commercial
Elizabeth is ranked as a leading junior in The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 & 2024.
‘Elizabeth plays an integral role on highly complex and urgent matters before the DIFC Courts. She impresses the entire legal team with her persuasive writing and ability to quickly grasp and distill the issues of complex disputes.’ (The Legal 500 EMEA 2022)
‘She brings a wealth of experience to the table for complex disputes and her persuasive writing skills are particularly impressive.’ (The Legal 500 EMEA 2021)
Private Client – Who’s Who Legal
Elizabeth Weaver has a sterling reputation among peers and is highlighted as a “very experienced junior who is exceptional at handling contentious private client matters”.
Chambers Global 2020 describes her as ‘Utterly fearless and very logical in her approach to cases’. She is praised for ‘impeccable drafting skills and provides clear advice, attacking the issues head on’.
Chambers High Net Worth 2019 says ‘She’s wonderful, so clear-thinking – she analyses and gets to the heart of the matter very quickly, and is very good at cutting out the irrelevant material. I respect her very highly. She’s very accessible and easy to work with’, comments one solicitor. Another source calls her ‘a pleasure to deal with, very responsive, and crystal clear on the scope of her opinions’.
She is recommended in the Citywealth Leaders List 2019 as a Prominent Contentious Trusts Barrister and said to be ‘a first class barrister and at the top of her game. She is extremely bright and very quick at absorbing complex facts as well as very practical in terms of finding solutions and providing a clear and excellent strategy. She is tenacious and a formidable opponent’.
Who’s Who recommends Elizabeth for private client work, praising her “strong drafting skills and impressive advocacy“.
Expanding the ambit of Section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925? Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Limited v Glenn & Others [2021] EWHC 624; [2021] WTLR 737 – Trusts & Trustees, 27 September 2021
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