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Lydia Pemberton
Career
Lydia Pemberton (TEP)(CTAPS) has a traditional chancery practice and extensive experience and understanding of probate and estate dispute. She advises and represents clients in cases concerning the substantive validity of wills, the construction and interpretation of testamentary documents, rectification claims, the appointment and removal of personal representatives and trustees, breach of trust claims, and other matters arising in the administration of estates and the contentious business of the Business and Property Courts. Lydia also advises in respect of interim grants, contested applications by those entitled in equal priority to a grant, contested caveat removals, and other matters arising in the Non-Contentious business of the Probate Registries (Family Division). Lydia frequently advises and acts in Inheritance Act and TOLATA claims.
Lydia is a full member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners and a full member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists. Lydia also sits as Recorder on the Midland Circuit.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Lydia Pemberton – Selborne Chambers ‘Lydia is a talented advocate. She is client-focused and technically impressive. Not only does she have an exceptional understanding of the fundamental issues in cases, but she is also able to explain those issues clearly and concisely to her clients.’
London Bar > Private wealth and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Lydia Pemberton – Selborne Chambers ‘Lydia is a good advocate.’
Selborne Chambers has ‘a wide range of top quality barristers across most dispute areas’. Ian Clarke KC recently acted for the defendant in Henchley v Thompson, a long-running claim against trustees concerning a trust which was allegedly mismanaged from the 1970s onwards. George Woodhead represented the defendants before the High Court in Islam v Islam and Islam, a matter involving allegations of undue influence and forgery over the trust of six properties and is known for his ‘sharp mind allied to a robust and well-judged courtroom style’. Lydia Pemberton is representing a defendant in a case in which the claimant alleges that the will of his late mother is invalid due to forgery involving a struck-off solicitor who was imprisoned for contempt of court in connected proceedings.