Robert Hill > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices

CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England
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Robert Hill

Work Department
Dispute Management
Position
Robert has worked in our Dispute Resolution department since qualifying at Freeths in 2010. He has a broad range of litigation experience and of cases covering a varied range of different legal areas. Robert has acted for a wide breadth of clients, from private individuals through to large commercial organisations (including the public and not for profit sectors). This means that he is well placed to understand not only the needs of his own clients, but, significantly, those of the other parties to the dispute.
Robert is a keen advocate of developing case strategy at the initial stages of litigation and providing a clear route to achieving client outcomes. Robert can provide helpful and practical advice from the outset, with a particular focus on how to resolve disputes in a cost-effective and timely way. He is sensitive to the needs of each client, focussing on the commercial and practical realities of the dispute.
Having specialised over recent years, Robert’s case load now primarily focuses on disputes concerning contracts, estates, land, probate and trusts. He has dealt with a number of large contractual disputes, property disputes (including jointly owned property) and he has a busy caseload in relation to disputed estates, lifetime gifts and disputed trusts.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Leading associates)Specialising in independent estate administration, Freeths LLP is well-equipped to handle claims under the Inheritance Act, contested court of protection work, and will challenges. The practice is also particularly active in the agriculture space, often advising on contentious farming estate work, notably proprietary estoppel. Mark Keeley oversees the team and has over two decades of experience in contentious trust and probate litigation, including trustee removal applications. Rachel Gaffney’s broad caseload encompasses financial abuse, undue influence, and welfare disputes. Robert Hill is particularly well-versed in claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, while Emma Fitzmaurice is praised as ‘a highly experienced associate who is hugely efficient.’ Emma Pottinger is another key team member. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in Nottingham.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate East Midlands > Private client
- Leading associates East Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing