Contentious probate cases have been prominent in the team’s workload at Guildhall Chambers. Nicholas Evans is ‘extremely thorough and willing to consider complex, niche points’; he recently appeared for the claimants in a case concerning the removal of a trustee under section 41 of the Trustee Act 1925. Oliver Mitchell is well versed in advising on will validity challenges, often involving allegations of undue influence. Elsewhere in chambers, the ’very approachable, intelligent, empathetic, and energetic’ Ollie Murrell successfully represented the claimant in Packer v Packer, a High Court probate claim involving allegations of fraud where the defendant sought to propound a draft will - the court ruled that the draft will was invalid and the presumption of revocation was not rebutted.
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