CC&P
Nicola is recognised as a Leading Junior by the Legal 500 for her chancery practice
which includes Contentious Probate and Inheritance Act Claims. Nicola also has experience of
cases where one of the parties lacks capacity, and accepts instructions
involving the Court of Protection.
Areas of Expertise
Probate
- Construction and interpretation of wills
- Rectification
Testamentary capacity
- Undue influence, fraudulent calumny, knowledge and approval
- Statutory wills
- Actions against Executors
- Pronouncements for and against wills in solemn form
- Mutual wills
- Administration of Estates
Intestacy
Proceedings under CPR64
- Professional negligence within the above areas
Inheritance Act
Nicola regularly advises and acts for Applicants, Beneficiaries, and
Executors in claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants)
Act 1975
Seminars
Habeas Corpse - who controls the body. A seminar looking at disputes
arising over the body after death.
A declaration of death - when, why and how to presume death. A seminar
looking at the law relating to the presumption of death act 2013
Who's the Daddy - DNA testing in the chancery court.