Miss Rebecca Piper > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England
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Miss Rebecca Piper
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Private Wealth Disputes
Position
Rebecca acts for private individuals (both claimants and defendants), executors and trustees. As a key member of our Contested Legacy team, a significant proportion of her workload involves advising charity client’s in relation to Trust and Estate disputes.
Rebecca has a background in private client work, and regularly assists clients who require assistance with the progression of estates where issues have arisen between the beneficiaries and executors.
Rebecca is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Experience
- Pursuing an application in the Court of Protection and successfully removing an Attorney appointed under both Property & Affairs and Health & Welfare Lasting Powers of Attorney following concerns being raised by our client as to the care of her mother and the misappropriation of funds by her mother’s Attorney
- Achieving successful settlement for our clients at mediation in a multi-million pound estate where the will under which they benefitted was challenged on the grounds of lack of capacity, want of knowledge and approval, undue influence and fraud
- Obtaining disclosure through proceedings from professional trustees who refused to provide beneficiaries with estate and trust accounts
- Bringing proceedings, including injunction proceedings, against a former solicitor who had benefitted from a will which he had drafted himself and achieving extremely favourable settlement
- Successfully obtaining statutory will in contested proceedings in the Court of Protection and obtaining a cost order in favourable terms for the client which departed from the standard rule in the Court
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Rising stars)Leveraging support from the firm’s London office, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is led by Guildford-based Duncan Elson, a reputed practitioner who frequently acts as an independent administrator, professional executor, and trustee in contentious estate matters. Oliver Auld splits his time between Guildford and London and is particularly proficient in challenging wills through the Inheritance Act. Rebecca Piper and Edward Birell are also based in Guildford, the former is a seasoned court of protection litigator, whereas the latter is knowledgeable of asset tracking and freezing injunctions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate South East > Private client
- Rising stars South East > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation