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    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...

    Character attack as part of Inheritance Act claim

    We represented the main beneficiary (also the personal representative) in a claim against her under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. The claim related to the estate...

    Debtor died and executor didn’t pay

    Problem Our client, a not for profit organisation providing care and accommodation services for the elderly was owed over £30k including interest by Ethel.  When Ethel died her son Nigel...

    Defendants to inheritance Act claim with limitation aspects

    We represented five (out of a total of six) residuary beneficiaries in responding to an Inheritance Act claim made by the adopted daughter of the deceased. Unusually this matter also...

    Multi party inheritance dispute

    We represented an 8 year old boy via his litigation friend in a complicated multi party mediation concerning the estate of his late father.  Multiple claims were made under the...
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Debenhams Ottaway is the trading name of Debenhams Ottaway LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC373542. The registered office is Ivy House, 107 St Peters Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3EW. A list of partners is available upon request. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Debenhams Ottaway LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under numbers 567621 and 568531.

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