Practice Summary
Nicola’s chancery practice covers:
Inheritance
Nicola advises and represents litigants seeking to make or defend claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
Wills and Probate
Nicola’s probate work covers both contentious and non-contentious matters and includes challenges to the validity of wills, testamentary capacity, undue influence, knowledge and approval, proprietary estoppel and constructive trust claims.
Publications
Nicola’s recent articles/publications include:
- Ilott v Mitson – a summary (May 2011) - To read the full article, please click here.
- Testamentary Capacity: How not to be Mr Cadge (Oct 2011) - To read the full article, please click here.
- Part 36 Update (Oct 2011) – To read the full article, please click here.
Seminars
Nicola regularly provides lectures and seminars both as part of Zenith Chambers’ Chancery Team, and to external groups and associations.
Requests for seminars can be made directly to Nicola at nphillipson@zenithchambers.co.uk
Recent seminars include:
• Trusts and Probate update (Connect2Law) (Oct 2011)

