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Contentious trusts and probate

Buckles Solicitors LLP

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Buckles Solicitors LLP‘s contentious probate team continues to expand its portfolio of complex and high-value trust disputes, including those with cross-jurisdictional elements. At the helm of the practice, Ben Fox, ’a great tactician’, has helped grow the offering and advises on all aspects of contentious trusts and probate, including challenges to the validity of wills, trust disputes, claims against executors and trustees and claims under the Inheritance Act. ‘Highly experienced litigator’ Paul Branch is a key figure in Peterborough, and both Alex Burch and David Thorley add to the strength in depth.
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  • ‘The team has real expertise in this field and a wealth of experience of dealing with high-value, complex and contentious estates and trusts. It is a very strong regional presence in this area. The firm also has excellent private client and corporate teams which are a great asset and provide invaluable support where (as frequently happens) a dispute throws up tax or company issues.’

  • ‘Paul Branch is a highly experienced litigator, who is an unfailing source of wise counsel and good judgment. He is also a qualified mediator and he brings that sense of the practical and the possible to the resolution of every dispute. The other members of the team are very strong and specialist, including the superb Alex Burch who is a calm and proactive presence in the resolution of even the most fraught dispute.’