Private Wealth Disputes

Our trust and estates dispute team has considerable expertise in the full range of trust and probate disputes. We assist individuals, family offices, trustees, trust corporations and charities in resolving contentious matters concerning trusts and estates. These include:

• applications for directions concerning the administration of an estate or trust (including blessing applications);​challenges to the substantive validity of wills and trust deeds;
• reasonable financial provision claims (Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975);
• private international law disputes involving multi-jurisdictional estates and international individuals;
• domicile disputes;
• advice on fiduciary duties and the removal of executors and trustees;
• applications relating to the forfeiture of assets, presumption of death, or burial issues;
• professional negligence claims in the context of wills, trusts or connected tax advice;
• property trust claims concerning the beneficial ownership of properties
  

We also have a great deal of experience in relation to capacity cases, including disputes concerning Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) and Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) and applications to the Court of Protection.

We draw on the expertise of our colleagues where estates or trusts encounter issues ranging from corporate matters to planning, charities, philanthropy, reputation management and real estate. We supply a genuinely holistic one stop approach to resolving a dispute.