Richie Rees

Richie Rees

Senior Associate (CILEX Qualified)
Bristol The Paragon Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX
Telephone 0117 374 9629

Senior Associate (CILEX Qualified)

Richie is a Senior Associate in the dispute resolution team, with particular experience in the agriculture sector.

Having worked closely with sector-leading Partner Robert James since joining Thrings, Richie has developed a particular expertise in will, trust and estate disputes. He has extensive experience of litigation involving proprietary estoppel, constructive and resulting trusts, as well as representing both beneficiaries and executors in challenges to the validity of a will. Due to the nature of this work, Richie has also gained specialist knowledge of private and commercial disputes concerning high value land and property, including complex partnership litigation.

Richie has also established a specialist practice in public rights of way issues. With many agricultural clients owning land that is subject to footpaths or bridleways, Richie is able to advise on this unique area of law as part of the wider litigation services offered by the Thrings Agriculture team.

Richie’s relevant experience includes:

  • Assisting Robert James when acting for the successful appellants in the Supreme Court proprietary estoppel case of Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27
  • Acting for both claimants and defendants in high-value proprietary estoppel claims and similar litigation involving resulting and constructive trusts, trusts of land and orders for sale.
  • Advising on and acting for clients concerning challenges to wills on the grounds of capacity, due execution and undue influence
  • Conducting a successful agricultural business rates appeal in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Tribunal)
  • Representing landowners when making and defending applications to divert public rights of way
  • Successfully defending a claim at trial concerning an alleged equitable tenancy; a contractual licence; a constructive trust; and implied rights of way over the client’s farmland.
  • Acting for and advising on high value partnership disputes, to include contested dissolutions
  • Commercial litigation involving express, implied and collateral contract disputes; high value sale of goods claims including misrepresentation and breaches of warranty.
  • Professional negligence claims against professional advisors