4th September 2022
Commercial and chancery barrister, Natasha Dzameh, joined Sarah Bolt, Managing Associate at Freeths LLP, and Title Research to discuss a number of issues including the dangers of homemade wills, the use of video recordings, mediation and protecting against estate claims. This podcast contains some useful tips on how firms can assist clients in protecting their…
14th July 2022
Leslie Blohm QC, Alex Troup and John Dickinson of our Wills & Trusts team have been identified by Chambers UK for the second year running as leading professional advisers to the Private Wealth market (outside London), featuring in the High Net Worth Guide 2022. Leslie Blohm QC is the only silk ranked in private wealth outside of London. Head of our…
20th April 2022
Our Wills, Trusts & Probate team was instructed by Royds Withy King in the case of Whittle v Whittle & Anor (Re Estate of Gerald Arthur Whittle) [2022] EWHC 925 (Ch) (12 April 2022). Charles Auld successfully represented David Whittle in his action against his sister, Sonia Whittle. Their father made a will, just a…
7th March 2022
Natasha Dzameh has recently published an article on Inheritance Act claims in the Family Law Journal [2022] Fam Law 384. Her article provides a summary of useful cases from 2021 regarding claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants Act) 1975. This is particularly helpful for those dealing with claims…
10th February 2022
Head of Wills & Trusts team, Alex Troup, instructed by Hugh James, represented the successful claimants in the case of Dunbabin & Ors v Dunbabin [2022] EWHC 241 (Ch) (10 February 2022), a case concerning the law of severance. The main issue in the case was whether the beneficial joint tenancy of a property belonging…
30th September 2021
St John’s Chambers is pleased to announce that Brittany Pearce, formerly of Guildhall Chambers, Bristol, has joined our Real Estate and Wills & Trusts teams. Brittany was called to the Bar in 2015, and is ranked as a ‘rising star’ in tier 1 for The Legal 500 guide in her specialist areas. She is described…
4th August 2021
Leslie Blohm QC, Alex Troup and John Dickinson of our Wills & Trusts team have been identified by Chambers UK as the leading professional advisers to the Private Wealth market (outside London). They have all been featured in the High Net Worth Guide 2021. This recognition clearly demonstrates the team are leaders in their field…
23rd June 2021
Head of Wills & Trusts team, Alex Troup has just had his book published ‘A practical guide to the law of statutory wills’ by Law Brief Publishing. A practical guide to the law of statutory wills applies a practical and user-friendly approach to the subject of statutory wills. It takes the reader through the relevant legal…
15th June 2021
The High Court has recently handed down judgment in the case of Hughes v Pritchard and others [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch) following a hybrid trial conducted in person and remotely, with some of the evidence being given in Welsh. Head of Wills & Trusts team, Alex Troup, instructed by Hugh James, acted for the successful…
19th April 2021
The public is normally concerned about wrongful convictions. In the light of the recent contentious acquittal of Donald McPherson following the death of his wife Paula Leeson, Leslie Blohm QC considers the position where an acquittal leaves the family of a person who has died believing that justice has not been done by the verdict of…
