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Disputed Wills & Inheritance
We have solicitors and lawyers with the collective expertise and experience to properly deal with disputes arising from contested wills and challenges to estates.
Our vast expertise includes challenges in relation to disputing or contesting a will, invalid wills, disputes amongst and between beneficiaries and executors, construction summonses, undue influence claims, estoppel cases and also applications brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. An application under the Inheritance Act can be brought if a spouse, former spouse, child, cohabitee or dependant feels they have not been left reasonable financial provision in a will or by an intestate. In urgent cases we can obtain injunctions to preserve your assets.
Adopting a pragmatic, skilful approach, our team of specialist solicitors and lawyers has the necessary know-how to handle a broad range of inheritance disputes, including those linked to a claim challenging the validity of a will where we will apply our extensive knowledge of taxation to ensure that any re-writing of the will is tax effective, putting you in the best possible position.
Where necessary, cases are contested through to trial on your behalf, whilst in other matters we will consider mediation as a means of obtaining a prompt and cost-effective settlement. Also, a collaborative law approach is appropriate for many of these situations.
If you think you might be entitled to bring such a claim, it is important to act quickly: once six months have passed following the grant of probate, such claims will be very difficult to pursue.
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