St John’s Chambers’ ‘excellent‘ Chancery and probate team stands out on the Western Circuit, with members offering ‘a wide range of expertise‘. Clients benefit from John Dickinson’s former experience as a Chartered Accountant and his ‘fantastic eye for detail’, while Alex Troup KC recently acted in the high-profile Court of Appeal case of Hughes v Pritchard, which considered the validity of the deceased’s will on the grounds of testamentary capacity as well as a proprietary estoppel claim to a substantial plot of farmland. Christopher Jones is a highly regarded probate and trust specialist and has recently acted in contested will claims, disputes over the administration of trust funds, and several significant proprietary estoppel claims, while Oliver Wooding has broad experience, including in connection with the rectification of lifetime trusts and applications for the removal of executors, and Joss Knight appeared in Bracey v Curley, which considered the principles of will construction and the availability of rectification as a remedy.
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Testimonials
‘Simon Lyons is very cheerful and keen to assist.’
‘Simon Lyons is always very helpful and will always do all he can to help.’
‘St John’s Chambers has proven it can take on a range of difficult and complex cases, both when it comes to expert advice and where representation is needed at a mediation or hearing.’
‘St John’s is our go-to set for contentious trusts and probate work.’
‘St John’s has an excellent reputation for this type of work.’
‘Good at contentious trust and probate work.’
‘A good set of barristers and friendly clerks.’
‘A very good and efficient clerks room.’
Work highlights
St John's Chambers
Testimonials
‘Simon Lyons is very cheerful and keen to assist.’
‘Simon Lyons is always very helpful and will always do all he can to help.’
‘St John’s Chambers has proven it can take on a range of difficult and complex cases, both when it comes to expert advice and where representation is needed at a mediation or hearing.’
‘St John’s is our go-to set for contentious trusts and probate work.’
‘St John’s has an excellent reputation for this type of work.’
‘Good at contentious trust and probate work.’
‘A good set of barristers and friendly clerks.’
‘A very good and efficient clerks room.’