Kamal Majevadia and Cara Hough head up the department at Irwin Mitchell. The team specialises in a wide range of matters, with a particular focus on farming and family business disputes, notably involving proprietary estoppel and succession upon death. Michelle Chapman is a full member of ACTAPS, with her caseload including validity challenges, TOLATA and Inheritance Act claims, infant approval hearings and trust disputes. Marie Newton is noted for her broad expertise, spanning executor/attorney disputes and contested Court of Protection matters.
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Kamal Majevadia; Cara Hough

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Michelle Chapman; Marie Newton

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