PRACTICE AREAWILLS, TRUSTS & PROBATE

Our team drafts documents and offers specialist advice and advocacy to both Claimants and Defendants in the following areas:

• Validity of Wills (including compliance with Wills Act 1837)
• Administration of Estates
• Interpretation of the meaning and effect of Wills, and Trust documents
• Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
• Effects of the Intestacy Rules
• Removing or Replacing Personal Representatives
• Undue influence
• Testamentary Incapacity
• Powers, Duties and Limits of Trustees and Personal Representatives
• Remedies available to Beneficiaries and Personal Representatives
• Deeds of Variation
• Court of Protection matters
• Non-contentious probate and existing proceedings in the Registry

Our Wills, Trusts and Probate practice is complemented by members’ experience in other areas such as Family Law, Social Housing Law, and Mental Health Law.

We are also able to offer CPD-accredited training tailored to individual requirements.