Members of Selborne Chambers are highly experienced in a broad array of contentous and non-contentious private wealth and probate cases. Barristers at the set routinely advise on estate administration, Beddoe applications, challenging wills and probate disputes. Recent highlights include SAIF v 1Globe, a high value trust claim involving two shareholder groups competing for control of a holding company for a Chinese-based pharmaceutical group, which Ian Clarke KC is instrcuted in. Clifford Darton KC and Julia Beer are instructed on opposite sides of Kilner v Hewitson, a High Court case involving the the estate of the late timeshare businessman Garry Leigh.
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