Claire Vale > Lanyon Bowdler > Shrewsbury, England > Lawyer Profile
Lanyon Bowdler Offices
CHAPTER HOUSE NORTH
ABBEY LAWN, ABBEY FOREGATE
SHREWSBURY
SY2 5DE
England
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Claire Vale
Work Department
Contentious Probate and Personal Injury Claims
Position
- Associate Solicitor
- She acts for individuals in a variety of different matters, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, probate claims, substitution and removal of personal representatives, rectification of wills and professional negligence. Claire also has experience of post-death cases involving financial abuse by attorneys and the recovery of monies to the estate.
Career
Articles at Antony Collins and co, Birmingham
1991: Qualified as solicitor and joined Lanyon Bowdler as an assistant solicitor.
Joined civil litigation department undertaking about 50% PI work and 50% other types of civil litigation including contract disputes, NFU member cases, Insolvency, debt work/ repossession for Barclays bank.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
Education
1988- LLB from Nottingham University
1988-1989- Guilford College of Law
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Next Generation Partners)Associate solicitor, Claire Vale, heads the contentious probate department at Lanyon Bowdler. The practice continues to be busy advising on various claims under the Inheritance Act as well as a variety of probate disputes relating to challenges to wills. It is also skilled at advising on disputes and applications to remove executors/administrators.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners West Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Contentious trusts and probate West Midlands > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud