Ryan Hernandez
Partner
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Ryan joined Hanidel Jones LLP’s Dispute Resolution Team in July 2010.
Ryan acts for high net worth private individuals and businesses in a wide range of disputes. Many of his clients have a public profile, and instruct Ryan when the stakes are high.
Ryan has a thriving practice acting in private wealth disputes relating to trusts and estates. The disputes he acts in are often multi-jurisdictional, complex and involve serious allegations of wrongdoing, including fraud. Ryan’s experience includes acting in disputes in the Court of Protection.
Ryan also has a vast amount of experience acting in high value and complex commercial litigation. He acted for Genting Casinos in the landmark Supreme Court win against Phil Ivey, in what was described as the biggest case ever involving the gambling industry and in which the longstanding criminal legal test for dishonesty was overturned. Ryan also acted for Rangers Football Club in the widely reported High Court dispute with Sports Direct and for Aquila Advisory against the Crown Prosecution Service in the recent Supreme Court success for a company which brought a proprietary claim against its directors to recover proceeds of crime received in breach of fiduciary duty.
Ryan is consistently recognised as a leading individual in the legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, for his expertise as a litigator, particularly in the private wealth field. He also received the prestigious accolade of being named The Times Lawyer of the Week.
Ryan is also an accredited mediator.
Ryan has a broad litigation practice including:
- Trusts and Estate Disputes
- Court of Protection Disputes
- Civil Fraud
- Commercial and Contract disputes
- Shareholder and Boardroom disputes
- Professional Negligence claims
- Reputation and Media
Recent work
- Acting for beneficiaries and personal representatives in a wide range of inheritance and probate claims, including cases where wills have been challenged on the grounds of forgery, incapacity or undue influence or because they have not been validly executed.
- Acting for beneficiaries, including spouses, cohabitees and children in Inheritance Act claims.
- Acting for clients in disputes over ownership of land or property, particularly beneficial interest and trusts of land disputes.
- Acting for trustees, beneficiaries and others in connection with disputes over trusts including making associated applications to court.
- Acting in breach of trust and removal claims for and against trustees.
- Acting in substantial disputes in the Court of Protection relating to disputes about attorney and deputy conduct, and disputes around the validity of LPAs.
- Acting in statutory will disputes in the Court of Protection.
- Bringing and defending unfair prejudice claims and breach of duty claims for and against directors and dealing with/acting in disputes involving fall outs between partners, directors and shareholders.
- Acting in a substantial number of successful professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants, fund managers, IFA’s and insurance brokers.
- Acting for a group of companies in multi-million pound litigation concerning allegations of fraud, bribery and breach of fiduciary duties.
- Acting for clients obtaining or opposing freezing injunctions.
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Acting for clients bringing and defending allegations of fraud, conspiracy, deceit, knowing receipt, dishonest assistance and unjust enrichment and assisting with civil aspects of any resulting company investigation.
Professional societies and memberships
- Law Society
- Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
- Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA)
- London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA)