I am an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team, with a focus on contentious trusts and estates both onshore and offshore. I specialise in advising executors and trustees on contested administrations and also act regularly for beneficiaries and settlors.
I am an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team, with a focus on contentious trusts and estates both onshore and offshore. I specialise in advising executors and trustees on contested administrations and also act regularly for beneficiaries and settlors.
Despite being a litigator, my aim is to help clients avoid litigation. Of course, sometimes litigation cannot be avoided. Where this is the case, I aim to resolve disputes swiftly and to my client’s benefit.
I advise private individuals and professional trustees on a range of cross-border estate and trust disputes. These encompass complex international breach of trust claims, trustee and executor removal claims, probate disputes and shareholder disputes involving family-run companies. I have advised on matters in the English Courts and internationally, including in the BVI and Liechtenstein. I also have experience in contested Court of Protection proceedings, including Deputyship applications, attorney removal applications and statutory will applications, as well as advising on non-contentious trust and estate matters.
I am a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and a member of the Contentious Trusts Association.
Outside of the office, I enjoy countryside walks with my dog and attempt to play a bit of cricket when (if) it isn’t raining…!
Acting for three beneficiaries in relation to the $1 billion estate of a senior Qatari royal following a BVI Court decision to uphold and recognise an oral will (In the Matter of the Estate of Sheikh Saoud Mohamed A.A. Al Thani (Deceased) BVIHCV 2019/0230, unreported)
Acting for the applicant in an unfair prejudice petition regarding a multimillion-pound family-owned company. The company dispute incorporates a breach of trust claim, Court of Protection proceedings and two will validity disputes over separate estates.
Advising the Administrator on a complex and extremely litigious cross-border HNW estate administration involving a successful blessing application and a host of other High Court claims.
Acting for beneficiaries of a multimillion-pound trust dispute spanning 9 jurisdictions, involving breach of trust claims, removal applications, pre-action disclosure applications and a will validity dispute.
Operating a virtual family office offering for a UHNW individual, ensuring proper trustee decision-making, and reviewing investment documentation.
