Debra Burton > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > Leicester, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices
TWO COLTON SQUARE
LEICESTER
LE1 1QH
England
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Debra Burton
Work Department
Contentious Probate
Position
Partner
Career
Debra is a specialist contentious trust and probate solicitor who advises on all areas of contentious trust and probate matters, representing private individuals, trusts and charities.
She has an excellent reputation advising on all areas of contentious trust and probate including will challenges, 1975 Act claims, rectification claims and professional negligence. She adopts a sensitive yet practical approach to handling such disputes, advocating the use of alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation.
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Working closely with the firm’s wider private client team, the contentious probate team at Shakespeare Martineau LLP works on a range of complex and emotional disputes within the market. Particular areas of expertise for the firm are family provision claims, executor disputes, power of attorney disputes and Court of Protection applications. Andrew Wilkinson leads the team, specialising in high net worth trust disputes involving cross-border elements. Debra Burton is another key name, who specialises in complex inheritance act and trust disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Professional negligence