Introduction
Raghav Trivedi is a well-regarded and active member of Chambers. He specialises in Business & Property work and his practice focuses primarily on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Probate, as well as Insolvency and Cross-Border issues within these areas of law.
Raghav holds a particular strength in solving difficult problems and is regularly instructed in matters dealing with unique and complex relationships between the parties including claims of proprietary estoppel, unjust enrichment and constructive and resulting trusts. He has also dealt with cases involving properties and goods located abroad. He is often instructed to resolve such difficult problems at mediation and has been very successful in achieving satisfying outcomes for his clients outside of Court.
By way of example, Raghav has been previously instructed on the following types of matters:
- Junior Counsel on a high-value company and partnership dispute;
- Junior Counsel on a large-scale professional negligence claim involving land agents and a solicitors’ firm;
- Sole Counsel in the Court of Appeal in a matter involving the relationship between Enforcement Agents and High Court Enforcement Officers;
- Sole Counsel in the Court of Appeal in a matter involving the relationship between Creditors and Enforcement Agents;
- Cross-Border property dispute involving land located in Goa, India;
- Cross-Border bankruptcy matter involving a circa £4 million debt owed by a debtor located abroad;
- Cross-Border insolvency administration application involving subsidiaries located in the United States; and
- A high-stakes trial in the High Court involving a proprietary estoppel claim made by a son against his elderly mother.
Raghav regularly holds seminars, and produces articles, to assist his clientele in matters ranging from ways to protect his clients from claims of adverse possession and prescriptive easements to the interplay between resulting trusts and mortgages and the principles of jurisdiction, law and enforcement where real estate is located abroad. Many of Raghav’s webinars and articles for the Business and Property Group can be found on St Philips Chambers’ YouTube channel, website and on his LinkedIn page.
Raghav is Direct Access Qualified. He can be instructed directly by, or on behalf of, the lay client (whether an individual or a corporate entity). Raghav is also qualified as a Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Before joining the Bar, Raghav gained a significant amount of advocacy experience as a County Court Advocate for a leading advocacy agency by conducting thousands of hearings across County Courts in the UK. Not only did this enhance Raghav’s advocacy but provided him with invaluable knowledge of civil procedure and civil and commercial law, putting him ahead of his peers.
In his spare time, Raghav is an active and enthusiastic cricketer and his calm and collected demeanour is reflected in his passion for long walks and hikes, his love for nature, travelling to scenic destinations and reading literature and philosophy.
Raghav is the inaugural winner of the MCCBA Pro Bono Award, awarded by members of the judiciary for his services to the B-CLIPS scheme in 2025.
Contentious Wills, Trusts, and Probate
Raghav frequently acts in claims involving constructive and resulting trusts, including TOLATA claims, as well as advising on claims involving challenges to wills. Raghav has dealt with numerous cases involving proprietary estoppel, and recent work includes advising on the effect and legitimacy of a mutual will, the application of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 and seeking various orders for possession involving disputes surrounding beneficial interests.
Insolvency
Raghav is regularly instructed in matters (whether Court work, advisory or drafting) involving bankruptcies and liquidations (and other forms of insolvency processes).
In particular, Raghav holds an expertise in dealing with cross-border insolvency issues including questions of foreign law and jurisdiction, as well as in matters involving an overlap between property and insolvency.
Raghav was recently successful in obtaining a bankruptcy order against a debtor located abroad after persuading the Court that it held jurisdiction. The details can be found here >>>.
Real Estate
Raghav is consistently instructed on commercial and residential possession claims, taking a particular expertise in Section 8 and Section 21 possession claims as well as trespass matters. Raghav also enjoys dealing with boundary disputes, forfeiture, prescription, and easement claims. Raghav is particularly experienced in drafting statements of case, applications, and witness statements in this area of the law.
Raghav also completed a secondment with a top solicitors’ firm Gowling WLG in their Real Estate Litigation Department. This provided Raghav with a thorough grounding in commercial and residential property litigation, working on matters including:
- Promotion and Option agreements;
- Overage agreements;
- Application and interpretation of positive and restrictive covenants and easements within commercial leases;
- Wayleave agreements;
- Rights to light, mines and minerals;
- Adverse possession;
- Perpetuities;
- Mortgages and Charges;
- Profits à Prendre; and
- Leasehold and freehold covenants.
Commercial and Chancery Litigation
Raghav deals with debt recovery claims, alongside breach of contract and agency disputes. This includes issues surrounding incorporation of terms, penalty clauses, termination, construction of terms, exclusion, and limitation clauses, UCTA 1977 matters and misrepresentation. Raghav has also developed a grounding in matters involving a commercial conflict of laws.
Raghav also has a thriving practice in dealing with tortious matters including negligence, trespass, and nuisance.
Enforcement and Business Rates
Raghav has a particular expertise in dealing with enforcement applications such as Charging Orders and Orders for Sale as well as matters involving the actions of Enforcement Agents and High Court Enforcement Officers.
Raghav also regularly deals with matters involving business rates liabilities.
Raghav has, on more than one occasion, appeared as sole Counsel in the Court of Appeal in matters involving the relationship between Enforcement Agents, High Court Enforcement Officers and Creditors. As a result, he has developed a thorough grounding in the complex law involved in this area particularly the operation and statutory interpretation of Schedule 12 Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, warrants and writs of control and the role played by vicarious liability, agency and assumption of responsibility in this area of law.
Mediation
Raghav Trivedi is an accredited civil and commercial mediator and a practising barrister at St Philips Chambers. His practice encompasses a broad range of business, property, trust, probate and insolvency disputes, many of which involve complex factual backgrounds, longstanding relationships and competing personal or commercial interests and priorities.
As a mediator, Raghav is committed to providing parties with a structured, constructive and confidential environment in which meaningful discussions can take place. He combines careful preparation with a calm, empathetic and approachable manner, helping parties navigate difficult conversations and work towards outcomes that meet their needs and objectives.
Approach
Every dispute is different but a successful mediation often has one thing in common: parties feel they have been heard, understood and given the opportunity to engage in a process that is fair, respectful and productive.
Raghav’s role as mediator is to facilitate dialogue, manage the process and assist parties in exploring options for resolution. He works with participants to ensure that discussions are focused, constructive and forward-looking. Raghav’s approach is to help parties focus on future resolutions and solutions rather than the past problem or conflict.
Raghav believes that careful listening is one of the most important skills a mediator can bring to the process. Understanding not only what parties are saying, but why they are saying it, is often key to identifying common ground and uncovering opportunities for progress.
Raghav therefore approaches mediations with patience, curiosity and an open mind. His objective is to help parties move beyond entrenched positions and engage in meaningful discussions about how their dispute might best be resolved.
What Parties Can Expect
Parties can expect a mediator who is well-prepared, organised and fully engaged throughout the process.
Before the mediation, Raghav takes his time to understand the background to the dispute, the issues that have brought the parties to mediation and the objectives they hope to achieve.
During the mediation, Raghav seeks to create an atmosphere in which participants feel comfortable engaging openly and constructively. He encourages respectful communication, ensures that all participants have the opportunity to be heard and help maintain momentum throughout the day.
Where discussions become challenging, Raghav remains calm, measured and focused on the process. His aim is to help parties explore options and he is not shy in asking challenging questions to test assumptions and the parties’ cases, where appropriate, in order to soften entrenched positions and thinking and ‘unblock’ the problem towards solution (at all times remaining neutral in the process).
Raghav is also a versatile mediator and can offer to conduct mediations away from Chambers and also set up and conduct remote mediations too.
Why Mediation Matters
Mediation offers parties the opportunity to resolve disputes in a way that is flexible, confidential and shaped by their own priorities and interests.
Unlike litigation, mediation enables parties to explore solutions that extend beyond the remedies available from a court or tribunal. It provides space for dialogue, creativity and problem-solving, while often saving significant time, cost and uncertainty.
Whether the dispute is commercial, property-related, probate-based or otherwise, mediation can provide a valuable opportunity to preserve relationships, narrow issues and achieve outcomes that are practical, workable and long-lasting.
Areas of Practice
Raghav welcomes appointments across a wide range of disputes, including:
- Commercial and contractual disputes;
- Real estate disputes;
- Trusts and probate disputes;
- Inheritance Act claims;
- Proprietary estoppel claims;
- TOLATA disputes;
- Insolvency-related disputes;
- Partnership and business disputes; and
- Cross-border disputes involving property or insolvency issues.
He is also happy to discuss appointments in other areas where parties are seeking a structured, facilitative and solution-focused process for resolving their dispute.
Direct Access
Raghav is Direct Access qualified, enabling him to be instructed directly by, or on behalf of, the lay client (whether an individual or a corporate entity).
Education
First Class Honours (LLB Law, University of Kent, Canterbury)
Very Competent (BPTC, Nottingham Law School)
LLM Masters in International Commercial Law – Distinction (University of Birmingham)
Appointments and Memberships
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple – Call to the Bar 2014
Chancery Bar Association
The Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
The Property Bar Association
Midland Chancery
Commercial Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Languages
English
Gujarati
