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Russell-Cooke LLP

2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON, SW15 6AB, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 8789 9111
Fax:
Fax 020 8788 1656
DX:
59456 PUTNEY
Web:
www.russell-cooke.co.uk
Email:

Alison Jane Regan

Tel:
Work +44 20 8394 6549
Email:
Russell-Cooke LLP

Work Department

Contentious trust and probate.

Position

Deals with probate and trust disputes including challenges to wills on the basis of incapacity, undue influence or failing to deal with execution formalities; rectification and construction claims pertaining to the wording in a will; claims pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; claims involving the Court of Protection, applications involving the removal of executors or the administration of an estate or trust. Acted for the interested party in the matter of Re P [2009], the first application for a statutory will to be dealt with by a Judge sitting as a judge of the Court of Protection since the Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force.

Career

Trained Russell-Cooke; qualified (commercial litigation) 2002; began contentious probate work 2005; partner 2010.

Member

ACTAPS (Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Solicitors); student member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).

Education

St Catherine’s Convent, Johannesburg; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2(1)); College of Law, London (LPC distinction).

Practice Areas

Contentious trusts and probate

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