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Wards Solicitors LLP
52 BROAD STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 2EP
England
52 BROAD STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 2EP
England
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Ian Williamson
0117 9292811 ian.williamson@wards.uk.com
Work Department
Contentious Trusts and Probate
Position
Ian Williamson is a partner in the firm’s disputes team, based in the Bristol City Centre office.
Contentious Probate and Trusts Cases – example cases including:
- Acting for young children where their dead father’s estate had been concealed. This involved an alleged breach of trust and we were successful in securing a substantial payment from the executors and court approval for the sum.
- A case where a client had been told he had lost out under a life policy because it had been varied. We established that trusts law had not been complied with, that there was a breach of trust, and secured payment of the sums he should have received plus interest and costs.
- Acting in a large claim involving a £1million estate and where our client was not mentioned in the Will at all. A substantial settlement figure was agreed for the client from the Estate.
- Involvement in a Will dispute where the Will had not been correctly witnessed. We successfully recovered a substantial settlement for the client as a result.
- Acting for a client who had lost out under a Will, where we claimed the Will had been made under undue influence and the testator lacked the mental capacity to make a Will. This was settled upon transfer of the deceased’s house to the client
- Acting for a disinherited daughter with suspicions of undue influence against the deceased. We recovered a healthy settlement sum for her.
- Acting for executors in large farming family dispute over the Will, and resolving the matter without going to court.
Memberships
- Member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Wards Solicitors LLP fields a team of experts that are regularly instructed on complex and high-value disputes. The practice enjoys a strong presence in the South West, with the team working across 12 offices in Bristol, Bath, Somerset, and Gloucestershire. Bristol-based Elizabeth Fry – who leads the team – has specialised in contentious probate for more than two decades. Also based in Bristol, Ian Williamson is noted for his expertise in trust work involving ownership of land held trusts.