PROBATE & INHERITANCE

Clive joined Fenners Chambers over 20 years ago, and has specialised in probate and related areas pf chancery and property law throughout his career.  Clive deals with most aspects of contentious and non-contentious probate work

Areas of practice

• The validity and construction of wills
• Grants of representation
• Administration of estates on intestacy
• Breaches of duty by trustees or executors
• The removal or substitution of personal representatives
• Claims under the Inheritance Act
• Professional negligence claims arising in any of the above areas

His work

As a member also of Chambers' family and property groups, Clive offers particular breadth of expertise in probate disputes in which the following may feature.

• Past or pending divorce proceedings involving the deceased
• Claims made against property of an estate (whether in relation to a disputed boundary or claims under a constructive trust or by way of estoppel)
• The administration of and disputes relating to family trusts