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Helen has an established reputation as a well-respected Commercial and Chancery practitioner with an emphasis on property and trusts related issues. She is flexible and practical in approach and focuses on obtaining a commercially acceptable result for her clients. Clients comment “Helen delivers no-nonsense advice and takes a practical approach to resolving matters” and that “she isn’t just technically brilliant; she also understands how to handle clients sensitively and carefully.”

She has built up extensive and wide-ranging expertise in both non contentious and contentious property matters ranging from small scale cases to multi-million-pound developments. Helen has experience in leasehold enfranchisement cases, lease renewals under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and restrictive covenant issues.  Helen has also acted in a wide range of commercial and business disputes in sectors as diverse as travel, hotels, hire purchase, the media, entertainment, IPR, IT and e-commerce.

Contentious and non-contentious trusts matters, both on and offshore, are a regular feature of her case load. Her busy practice includes regular court appearances with clients commenting “she is superb in court”.  Helen drafts trust deeds and associated documentation and wills. She is frequently involved in disputes relating to Wills and succession generally including claims under The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975, challenges to the validity of Wills, Estoppel claims etc. She has frequently appeared in Court of Protection cases and was the first to obtain on behalf of her client an order for costs against the Office of the Public Guardian

Called 1987, Grays Inn

• Chancery Bar Association

• Insolvency Lawyers Association

• Property Lawyers Association

• Court of Protection Bar Association

• ACTAPS

• STEP

• LLB, London 1979