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Private Wealth Disputes - London (Firms)

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Howard Kennedy handles domestic and international contentious trusts and estate matters. The team assists clients in will and trust validity issues, Court of Protection proceedings and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Naomi O'Higgins
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Naomi O'Higgins
Head of Private Wealth Disputes
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Band 2
Naomi O'Higgins is an expert in trust and estate disputes, typically concerning 1975 Act claims, proprietary estoppel claims and administration issues.

Naomi O'Higgins is extremely experienced in contentious trusts and estates. She runs a very tight ship and everyone respects her.

Naomi O'Higgins is excellent. She is good with clients - that is her real strength.

Naomi will fight to the ends of the earth for her clients. She is incredibly hard-working, available and tough, and she knows absolutely everything there is to know about a case.

Emily Mailer
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Emily Mailer
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Band 3

Emily Mailer advises a broad range of clients including individuals, beneficiaries and trustees. Her work includes domestic and cross-border trust and estate disputes.

Emily Mailer is a very experienced person and very technically good. She is very personable and builds rapport with clients quickly.

I always find Emily’s instincts and legal knowledge to be very impressive.

Monika Byrska
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Monika Byrska
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Band 4
Monika Byrska advises clients on contentious and non-contentious estate and trust administration matters. Her disputes work also includes Inheritance Act claims and challenges to wills.

Monika is safe to put in front of clients - she really gains their trust. She also deals with a lot of the detail in cases - she really gets into it.

Monika Byrska is fantastic. She's a real people person, her former life as a translator helps her. She has a real insight into people that she deploys brilliantly.

She is very pragmatic and has a handle on wider strategy. She doesn't lose sight of the wood from the trees.

Brendan Udokoro
Brendan Udokoro
Associates to watch

Brendan Udokoro is an associate in the Howard Kennedy team. He is experienced in dealing with contentious issues as part of complex probate and trust matters.

Brendan is really good. He has been a key part of their team for a long time. He is calm and organised.

Brendan Udokoro is brilliant at drafting. He is an intellectually rigorous lawyer and a very lovely, calm, thoughtful person.

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Private Wealth Disputes

Naomi O'Higgins
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Naomi O'Higgins
Head of Private Wealth Disputes
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Band 2
Emily Mailer
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Emily Mailer
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Band 3
Monika Byrska
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Monika Byrska
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Band 4
Brendan Udokoro
Brendan Udokoro
Associates to watch

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