Karen Bower-Brown > Sills & Betteridge LLP > Lincoln, England > Lawyer Profile

Sills & Betteridge LLP
Aquis House
18 – 28 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JN
England
Karen Bower-Brown photo

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Recommended Lawyer 2024

Partner specialising in commercial litigation with a particular specialisation in contentious probate work.

Career

Trained Janners; qualified 1988; Sills & Betteridge 1999; partner 2003. Director Karen Bower-Brown Ltd. Winner of Lawyer Monthly’s Women in Law Award 2016 for contentious probate – outstanding expertise & contribution

Memberships

Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.

Education

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls; Barnard College, Columbia University, New York (1981 BA; 1985 LLB).

Leisure

Classical music, reading, running (slowly).

Lawyer Rankings

East Midlands > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands

While Sills & Betteridge LLP is recognised for its litigation expertise, its mediation and ADR knowledge is also noteworthy. With Karen Bower-Brown‘s expertise, the firm is able to resolve commercial property and contentious probate disputes, while Robert Pearson can advocate for clients at all levels of the UK judicial system. The practice also benefits from the expertise of Euan McLaughlin, who specialises in contract claims in the project industries.

East Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

With a broad regional footprint, including offices spread across Boston, Lincoln, and Nottingham, Sills & Betteridge LLP often works in conjunction with the firm’s commercial litigation, corporate and commercial, as well as residential and commercial property teams. The ‘reliable and very knowledgeable’ practice is also reputed for its capabilities surrounding proprietary estoppel cases, the removal of executors, and trust disputes. The ‘technically sound and very pragmatic’ Lincoln-based Karen Bower-Brown leads the team and is skilled at disputes over the validity of wills, and financial provision claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Robert Pearson splits his time between Nottingham and Lincoln and has recently handled disputes between personal representatives and claims against trustees.