Chambers profile
XXIV Old Buildings is a commercial Chancery chambers based in Lincoln’s Inn. Its members provide specialist legal advice and advocacy services in the UK and worldwide on a range of contentious, advisory and transactional matters to the financial, commercial and professional community and to private individuals. Our expertise covers all areas of dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration.
Type of work undertaken
The barristers at XXIV Old Buildings specialise in a variety of commercial Chancery areas with a particular emphasis on trusts and estates and commercial litigation. Areas in which members regularly take instructions include arbitration; aviation; charities; civil fraud, asset tracing and recovery; company; construction and projects; financial services; insolvency; international and offshore; partnership; pensions; professional negligence; real estate litigation and trusts, probate and estates. XXIV Old Buildings is known for its pre-eminence in international work, both contentious and advisory. With offices in both London and Geneva, the barristers at XXIV Old Buildings regularly appear in courts and tribunals across the world including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Jersey, the Isle of Man, the DIFC, the Bahamas, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Pupillage
The set likes to recruit its junior members from those who have undertaken pupillage with the set. Chambers is therefore careful that its pupils acquire all the skills necessary to make them successful commercial Chancery barristers. During a 12-month pupillage, a pupil will have, on average, four pupil supervisors with whom they will spend the majority of their time. Each year the set is looking for pupils with a first or 2:1 degree, though not necessarily in law, who have an enthusiasm for the type of work the set does, sound judgment and the application required to succeed in a very competitive and intellectually demanding environment. Application is by short online application form. Chambers will be recruiting for pupillage commencing in October 2026 in January 2025. The deadline for applications is Thursday 6 February 2025.
The set will be advertising up to one pupillage from October 2025 and three pupillages from October 2026 in the coming round.
Mini-pupillages
Chambers accepts applications for mini-pupillages throughout the year. Application is by short online application form. Please see our website www.xxiv.co.uk for details of how to apply.
Funding
c. £85,000 per pupil.
