Nicholas Wilkinson is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners 2025 and in the Legal 500 2025, which say:
- “His advice to clients is always pragmatic and considered. Highly intelligent, confident and persuasive, he’s a powerful advocate in the courtroom. He’s an excellent lawyer and a silk in the making.”
- “Brilliant on the detail and reassuringly calm.”
- “brings bags of energy to a case, and uses his incisive mind to drive matters forward. Clients love him, and solicitors are grateful to him.”
- “Nicholas is a smooth and persuasive advocate. He is incredibly user-friendly and pragmatic. He provides strategic advice in a way that is easily understood by clients.”
Nick is highly respected as one of the go-to senior juniors at the Band 1 rated 1 Hare Court. Leading legally complex and high value disputes, primarily from the breakdown of domestic relationships, but also jurisdiction disputes, nuptial agreements and children matters. The wealth has ranged up to the “immeasurable” and include immunity issues, complex company valuations, illiquid and multifaceted corporate structures, tax and trust issues.
Nick usually acts alone but has been frequently led by KCs and led juniors on 4 cases in 2024. He is often instructed in cases on his own against KCs and has 25 reported decisions to date.
Since 2023, Nick has represented members of 3 ruling families, as sole counsel against KCs in 2 of them, bringing unique challenges such as immunity and enforcement difficulties where inimitable influence is wielded. As a result, he has appeared in leading decisions in the Family Division on immunity, needs-based awards, Sched 1/Part III (appearing in the top 3 cases with the highest reported awards) and trusts, with two of his cases having involved petitions to the Supreme Court.
For more information or to instruct Nick, please contact Dan Barnett on 0207 797 7070.
