Elaine Palser

Barrister at Outer Temple Chambers

Speaker

Elaine is a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers with expertise in all aspects of contentious estates and trusts, including Inheritance Act claims, challenges to the validity of wills, proprietary estoppel, constructive trusts, the removal of personal representatives, and the interpretation and rectification of wills and trusts, as well as cross-over insolvency and professional negligence claims.

Recommended as a leading barrister in Private Client, Insolvency and Professional Negligence, Elaine is described as “an excellent advocate”, “technically superb”, “very good with clients” and “a real team player”, with “a sharp mind” and “fantastic analytical skills” who “is impressive at pulling extremely complicated issues together in a way that impresses a judge” (Legal 500). She is also described as both an “assassin” and a “gladiator” (Legal 500).

Elaine is a former lecturer in Trusts and Tort at Oxford University and a CEDR-accredited mediator with an excellent track record at achieving settlements.