With ‘an excellent reputation for contentious trusts and probate advice’, Freeths LLP is a key contact for challenges to the validity of a will. The practice is overseen by Sarah Foster, who has over three decades of experience in the sector and is skilled at claims against estates for financial provision and the removal of executors and trustees. The ’extremely dedicated’ Sally Goodger is experienced in advising private clients on their role as executors, administrators, and trustees, while Charlotte Flynn is knowledgeable of Inheritance Act claims.
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- ‘Freeths enjoy an excellent reputation for contentious trusts and probate advice and have superb lawyers within the team.’
- ‘They are a pleasure to deal with – robust but always knowledgeable and reasonable. They were particularly helpful.'
- ‘Freeths have a strong team that is very well known for its contentious trusts and probate work. They have a particularly strong mediation offering.’
- ‘Freeths have lots of expertise in this quite specialised field. Sarah Foster is a delight to work with. She gives clear and sound advice in a straightforward and unfussy way. She is vastly experienced and frequently acts as or with independent PRs/trustees holding the ring between members of a fractured family. She leads a very strong team from the Oxford office, including Sally Goodger, who is extremely dedicated and hard-working and is a cool head in a crisis.’
- ‘Charlotte Flynn is highly approachable, compassionate, and a huge asset to the Freeths team. I have no doubt she will have a fantastic future in the law.’
- ‘I have been treated with the utmost kindness and respect at a difficult moment in my life. There has also been humour and humanity, which does make a difference. The team have real expertise.'
- ‘Sally Goodger is professional, trustworthy, intelligent, measured, thoughtful, of huge integrity, and compassionate.’
- 'There are a wide range of experts within the Freeths practice, and I gained an overall feeling of professionalism and trust in the team. Issues are handled firmly but sensitively, giving positive support.'
- 'Sally Goodger is an absolute star and our 'go to' lawyer in the field.'
- 'They are a proper, specialist team and this shows in the quality of their advice.'
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