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Withers LLP

16 OLD BAILEY, LONDON, EC4M 7EG, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7597 6000
Fax:
Fax 020 7597 6543
DX:
160 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.withersworldwide.com
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Paul Hewitt

Tel:
Work +44 20 7597 6197
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Withers LLP

Work Department

Contentious trust and succession.

Position

Partner specialising in contentious trust and succession and contentious Court of Protection work. Heads the firm’s work for charity clients on legacy matters.

Career

Trained Tuck & Mann, Epsom (now Triggs Wilkinson Mann); qualified 1997; Tuck & Mann 1997-98 (specialising in private client); Withers LLP 1998 (specialising in contentious trust and succession); partner 2003. Contributor to Tolley’s ‘Charities Manual’ (author of chapter on legacies); co-author Law Society’s ‘Inheritance Act Claims’; co-author Jordans’ ‘Probate Disputes’.

Languages

French.

Member

ACTAPS; STEP; Charity Law Association; Law Society private client section; Solicitors for the Elderly.

Education

Stockport School; University of Kent at Canterbury (BA Hons 2(1) Law with a modern language (French)); London Guildhall University (Legal Practice Course, commendation).

Practice Areas

Contentious trusts and probate; Private client; Charities and not-for-profit

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