FIRE event
Our recent FIRE event took place in June 2019 in he Prince’s room at BMA House, London. FIRE is a series of networking, knowledge share events and communications for professionals...
Employment tribunal ruling set to affect thousands of teachers
Debenhams Ottaway were recently involved in an Employment Tribunal case which could affect the employment rights of thousands of peripatetic teachers across the UK. In the case of Scott v...
Contentious insolvency update: section 423
The Court of Appeal has recently clarified the position on (a) whether section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 can apply to dividends, and (b) the circumstances in which the...
Claim against a fraudulent Will
We advised beneficiaries who challenged the validity of a Will. The deceased was in one city when she signed her Will and following investigation it was found that the witness...
A dispute over the interpretation of a Will
We helped save a group of five family beneficiaries £325,000 by successfully arguing their case against two residuary beneficiaries concerning the correct interpretation of a poorly drafted transferable unused spouse...
A dispute over the identity of the correct beneficiary
We worked with a woman to successfully claim over £450,000 as the correct beneficiary to her late father’s estate. Her father’s sister and nephews had denied he ever had any...
A claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975
We helped a woman successfully bring a claim as a cohabitee against the estate of her late partner after he overlooked making a Will and she would not have benefited...
Neutral Executor
Representation of the executor son responsible for the administration of the estate of his late father complicated by the pursuit of a claim by the estranged daughter of the deceased....
Inheritance Act claim by the second wife of the deceased
Representing the daughter and three grandchildren of the deceased in handling the claim launched by the second wife of the deceased further to the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants)...
Will writer negligence
Professional negligence claim against solicitor will writer on behalf of multiple disappointed beneficiaries. Claim concerning negligent failure to secure the effective disposition to the multiple beneficiaries in accordance with the...
Variation of Trust Act 1958 application
Assisting client in investigation of matters of potential will validity challenge on grounds of lack of testamentary capacity or want of knowledge & approval and/or Inheritance Act claim and/or application...
Executor fighting application for removal
Assisting executor client in successfully fighting off the application brought by the daughter of the deceased – one of the two main beneficiaries of the estate – seeking his removal...
DNA testing to establish proof of parentage
Assisting client in bringing claim to entitlement as a beneficiary of the estate of her biological father. The client was the secret lovechild of the deceased a married man who...
Will validity threatening to delay distribution of the estate
We acted on behalf of the executors of the deceased’s estate. The deceased made two Wills in the two years prior to his death. The last Will being made shortly...
Total defence to Inheritance Act claim
A successful defence to the Inheritance Act 1975 claim was achieve on behalf of this client TM. Our client was the main beneficiary of the disputed estate of her late...
Inheritance dispute following death abroad, and incomplete disclosure on divorce
We have advised this client in an inheritance dispute claim on the estate of his late father. The matter includes cross border aspects with assets in the UK, Morocco and...
Cross border independent administrator. Limited grant to preserve estate assets
We are assisting in a cross border matter involving the estate of the client’s late mother, the substitution of executor and the appointment of an independent administrator on a limited...
Property trust dispute
We advised a client who faced the ongoing challenges of living with bipolar mental health issues. The client benefits from a right to reside in a property held on trust...
Claim by infant child of the deceased
We represented the main beneficiary in a claim against her under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. The claim related to the estate of her late partner...
Executor removal dispute
We advise an executor involved in High Court proceedings regarding his position as executor. The case includes an inquiry into what has become of the income relating to eight rental...