Our friendly and experienced Wills, Trust & Estate Disputes team advise on a wide range of disputes amongst and/or between executors, trustees and beneficiaries. Working with you to understand your desired outcome our team can advise you as to your correct legal entitlement from the estate of a family member or close friend.
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Estate Disputes
The death of a family member or close friend is a distressing event. This is compounded if their estate fails to provide for you, particularly if you were reliant on them for a home or financial support. Alternatively, you may have an interest in an estate which others are seeking to challenge. Either way, we appreciate the need to secure sound legal advice at an early stage and we have a wealth of experience in dealing with a full range of disputed estate matters in a sympathetic and pragmatic manner.
Our services include:
- Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims.
- Challenges to the validity of a Will (including lack of capacity, want of knowledge and approval, undue influence or duress, fraud or forgery).
- Executor/Trustee disputes.
- Applications concerning the interpretation and construction of Wills.
- Estoppel claims.
- Professional negligence actions on behalf of disappointed beneficiaries or arising out of negligent advice regarding trusts, wills and estates).
We also provide Legacy and Dispute services for the Charity sector for more information please visit www.thursfields.co.uk/charity-legacy-management
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15/02/2021
Daughter more than quadrupled inheritance after challenging Will, helped by Thursfields
The importance of challenging Wills if legacies are smaller than expected has been highlighted by Thursfields Solicitors after it helped a client more than quadruple her inheritance. Pam Deol, a senior associate solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team at Thursfields was commenting on the settlement achieved for an adult daughter against her late mother’s estate…
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Pam Deol
Senior Associate Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Pam was admitted as a solicitor in 1999 and undertakes a wide variety of contested probate matters, Will disputes, Inheritance Act 1975 Claims by cohabitees, children and dependants of the deceased. She is experienced in both the Chancery and Contentious trusts and probate work. Pam is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and…
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Pam Deol
Senior Associate Solicitor, Dispute Resolution
Katherine Ellis
Senior Associate Solicitor, Charities and Communities
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Changing your will after a divorce
In England and Wales, if you made a will while you were married and then you get divorced, your divorce can alter the terms of your will. Although your will remains valid after divorce, your ex-spouse will no longer be able to benefit from it, unless you have expressly stated otherwise. They will also no…
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