John Rimmer

John specialises in trusts, foundations, estate planning, wills, estates, probate, charity and taxation.

With 30 years in practice, John grew Advocate John Rimmer Limited to a leading private client firm, and features in the Legal 500, Chambers, Citywealth, and Legal Who’s Who. His client list includes family offices, private clients, trustees, law firms, charities and government bodies.

Following his education: Dulwich College, First Class Honours in Biochemistry BSc at the University of Southampton, MPhil in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, John passed his Law Society exams at Guildhall University, London with honours. He subsequently achieved a Deemster’s commendation in his Manx bar exams.

John trained in London at Bircham & Co (now BDB Pitmans) and, following his qualification as an English Solicitor in 1993, worked at Simmons & Simmons, Edwin Coe and Charles Russell (now Charles Russell Speechlys). John joined Dickinson Cruickshank on the Isle of Man, and qualified as a Manx Advocate in 2000, and became a partner in 2002.

After 15 years at Dickinson Cruickshank, later Appleby, John successfully set up his own boutique private client firm in the Isle of Man.

In 2020, John was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Cayman National Bank (Isle of Man) Limited, and Cayman National Trust (Isle of Man) Limited, and is a consultant to Döhle Corporate and Trust Services (Isle of Man) Limited. He is also a board member of Hospice Isle of Man.

John is a member of STEP (President’s Prize) (past branch chair and member of council), the Isle of Man Law Society, Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (IAETL), and passed Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) with distinction (1997).

John is also admitted in England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands (non-practising).

John is the author of the Isle of Man chapters in various international reviews, including Oxford University Press’s “International Succession”, “World Trusts Survey”, “International Trust Disputes”, “The International Protection of Adults”, and “Private Foundation World Survey”, and Bloomsbury’s “International Succession”. He contributes regularly to “Trusts and Estates”, and “Trusts and Trustees”.

John lectures locally and internationally on trust law.

John is listed in the Private Client Global Elite 2021 directory, and is ranked in the Legal 500 2020 as a Private Client Thought Leader and a recommended Private Client Global Leader