“Joss is excellent, very bright, very capable and very practical.”

Joss is Ranked in Legal 500 (Chancery, Professional Negligence, Court of Protection) and Chambers & Partners (Chancery, Probate & Tax, Professional Negligence)

• “Joss is excellent, very bright, very capable and very practical.” Chambers 2025, Chancery
• “Joss provided us with a pragmatic and impressively comprehensible opinion that made the complex simple.” Chambers UK 2025, Professional Negligence
• ​”Joss provides a clear strategy for each case. He is confident and a highly effective communicator.” Legal 500 2025, Chancery, Probate & Tax
• “Joss is skilled, clear-headed, and technically strong. His advice is always well-structured and thorough.” Legal 500 2025, Professional Negligence
• “Joss is easy to work with, he is good with clients and his advocacy is nimble.” Chambers UK 2024, Chancery, Probate and Tax
• “He is a real up-and-comer, great with clients, great on his feet & has a real talent.” “Joss is an excellent advocate and easily matches barristers of greater experience.” Chambers UK 2023, Chancery

Joss is a wills and trusts specialist, ranked as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. He has particular expertise in probate claims, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, disputes concerning the construction and rectification of wills, and claims for an interest in property on the basis of proprietary estoppel, resulting trust or constructive trust.

Joss also advises on all matters relating to the estate administration, and has particular experience in applications for the removal of executors under s.50 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, and the administration of insolvent estates.

He regularly acts in claims where the validity of a will is disputed on the grounds of lack of capacity, undue influence or want of knowledge and approval, recently appearing for the successful claimant in Oliver v Oliver [2024] EWHC 2289 (Ch).

His reported cases include:

• Tucker v Felton-Page & Ors [2025] EWHC 530 (Ch) – acted for the executors in a successful contentious probate claim before HHJ Berkley.
• Oliver & Ors v Oliver [2024] EWHC 2289 (Ch) – trial before HHJ Matthews. Represented the successful claimants in overturned the last will of their late father on the grounds he lacked testamentary capacity and further, was the subject of undue influence.
• Larsen & Annan v Annan [2023] EWHC 662 (Ch) – Claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in the High Court in Cardiff before Zacaroli J. Represented the claimants, who were children of the deceased in a claim which was partially successful.
• Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch) – Trial for a determination of the true construction of a will, alternatively rectification. Represented the defendants in a claim where rectification was granted, with consideration also given to whether to make a third-party costs order against the will-drafting solicitors.
• Culliford v Thorpe [2018] EWHC 426 (Ch) – Represented the defendant, who successfully established an interest in his late partner’s property on the basis of a common intention constructive trust and proprietary estoppel.

Joss has a burgeoning Court of Protection practice specialising in contentious matters relating to property and affairs and is ranked as a leading junior in the Legal 500.

He regularly appears in contested deputyship applications, statutory wills claims and applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney.

In 2023 he appeared in Re K (2023), a four-day trial before HHJ Sullivan in which he represented the applicants who sought and obtained a revocation of lasting powers of attorney for property and affairs and health and welfare on the grounds of lack of capacity and undue pressure exerted by the attorney, as well as their own appointment as deputies. Instructed by Freeths.

Other recent cases include:

• Re S (2025) – Long-running dispute concerning the validity of various LPAs and revocations. Instructed by Michelmores.
• Re F (2024) – wide-ranging application where P had farming assets worth in excess of £10m. Directions sought in relation to care, limiting contact and declarations revoking lasting powers of attorney. Instructed by Wolferstans.
• Re W (2024) – acted for the respondent in an application which concerned the restriction of contact between a father and his adult son, P in circumstances where the father was the subject of a police investigation. Instructed by Stephens Scown.

Joss is an experienced professional negligence barrister, acting on behalf of claimants, defendants and insurers in claims against solicitors, architects and construction professionals. He is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers UK and the Legal 500.

His solicitors’ negligence caseload often links with his chancery/real estate practice, including claims concerning the negligent drafting of wills, claims surrounding the maladministration of estates and negligence in conveyancing.

In 2022 he appeared in Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch) in which the court considered the construction of a will, the alleged negligence of the will draftsman and the potential for a non-party costs order against the solicitors following a declaration for rectification.

Other recent cases include:

• T v FP (2024) – alleged negligence arising out of the drafting of a share purchase agreement for the sale of a components company. Joss acted for the defendant solicitors.
• CSTGCL v BJDW (2021) – successfully represented the claimant company in a three-day trial before HHJ Ambrose against both its former solicitors and accountants concerning negligent tax advice following the sale of a golf club.

Early on in his career, Joss spent time on secondment at RPC LLP dealing exclusively with claims against construction professionals, including architects, surveyors, valuers and approved inspectors.

More recently he has acted for a number of claimants in claims involving Buyer-Led Development Schemes – principally against their former solicitors.

Joss acts in a wide variety of property matters with a particular focus on TOLATA claims, partnership disputes, easements and the intersection between real estate and professional negligence.

He recently appeared for the defendants in Carter v Goldsworthy (2023) instructed by Foot Anstey LLP where he was successful at first instance (decision of HHJ Carr) and on appeal (Collins Rice J) in a long-running and complex dispute concerning allegations of interference with an express easement, nuisance and trespass.

Joss’s expertise in professional negligence means he is often instructed in property matters involving negligence and has significant expertise in conveyancing negligence and claims for misrepresentation.

Other recent cases include:

• Belford v Parry (2023) – Joss represented the defendant in a four-day trial before HHJ Salmon in a dispute concerning allegations of nuisance, trespass, equitable easements and inference with rights of way.
• S v C (2023) – property misrepresentation claim arising out of the sale of a property formerly owned by a premiership footballer.
• P v R (2024) – dispute concerning the enforceability of historic express easements in the First-Tier Tribunal before
• Culliford v Thorpe [2018] EWHC 426 (Ch) – Trial before HHJ Matthews. Represented the defendant, who successfully resisted an order for possession and obtained a declaration that he had a beneficial interest in the property, acquired on the basis of common intention constructive trust and/or proprietary estoppel.

BA (Hons), Jesus College, University of Oxford (Philosophy and Theology): 2:1

GDL, Oxford Brookes: Distinction

BPTC, Kaplan Law School: Very Competent

Viscount Sankey Award, Jesus College, Oxford University (2011)

Lord Haldane Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2011)

Hardwicke Award, Lincoln’s Inn (2011 and 2013)

Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2013)

Chancery Bar Association (‘ChBA’)

Contentious Trusts Association (‘ConTrA’)

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