Private Wealth Disputes - East Anglia
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
The team works as one to provide excellent advice.
They always have the necessary information at their fingertips and never need to delay an answer or action.
Ashtons has vast experience and depth.
Ashtons Legal has the knowledge and breadth of experience to achieve the best outcomes for its clients.
Notable practitioners
Alan Brown is experienced in succession planning and other trust and estate-related matters.
Jennie Pratt is an experienced private client practitioner who regularly handles probate matters as well as wills, trusts and estates planning as well as tax matters.
Jennie provides excellent, clear and well-judged advice.
Jennie is a highly experienced solicitor.
Polly Stephenson is respected for her handling of contentious private client matters. Her specialisms include inheritance disputes, contesting wills and professional negligence claims.
Polly is formidable, knowledgeable and leads from the front. She's commercially pragmatic, empathetic to clients and nonsense-free with opponents.
Polly cares passionately about her clients and gives careful thought to the way she approaches litigation.
Polly is a tour de force. She's one you want on your side rather than on the other side. She really fights for her clients.
Polly Stephenson is a phenomenally good private client lawyer.
Janette Wand is joint head of Ashtons' lifetime planning practice in Ipswich. She is experienced in succession planning and other trust and estate-related matters. She is also the joint head of lifetime planning at Ashtons.
Louise Cardwell's practice focuses on private client issues such as drafting wills, estate administration and tax advice. She is also the joint head of the lifetime planning team at Ashtons.
Sally Power joined Ashtons in 2025 to head the firm's Cambridge office. She has expertise in all aspects of private wealth law, including advising on Court of Protection matters.
Sally is pragmatic, incisive and experienced.
Amy Pettitt routinely advises clients on trusts, estates and tax planning matters.
Annastasia Christoforou Fox has a busy private wealth disputes practice in which she assists clients on contentious probate, proprietary estoppel and TOLATA claims.
Annastasia is fantastic with clients and knowledgeable about the law. She is a partner of the future.
Annastasia is one to watch. She's a really bright star early in her career.
Christina Duck has particular expertise in cross-border work. She advises on wills, power of attorney, trust and estate planning, and probate administration.
Christina is proactive in making suggestions about things I might want to consider.
Christina gives highly professional service while maintaining a friendly and sympathetic approach.
Gino Ballestracci is an associate at Ashtons who routinely advises clients on contentious probate and trust dispute matters, with a specialism in Court of Protection issues.
Gino is a very thoughtful lawyer and very easy to deal with.
Gino is very friendly and empathetic with the lay client.
