Claire Vale, based in Shrewsbury, leads the contentious trusts and probate practice at Lanyon Bowdler. The team is well-suited to tackle a range of matters, including estate administration in which property is a factor, professional negligence claims, and will disputes. Vale advises clients across the full spectrum of contentious trust and probate matters, including Inheritance Act claims, financial abuse cases, and claims involving farmers and farmland.
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Advised the executors/beneficiaries in connection with defending 3 claims against the estate: 1) under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, 2) a partnership dispute and 3) a proprietary estoppel claim.
Advising the beneficiaries of a will in connection with defending a claim to revoke a grant of probate on the basis that the testator’s original will could not be found after his death and therefore the presumption of revocation by destruction arises.
Advising an executor/beneficiary in connection with a probate dispute relating to her parent’s will and with regard to alleged financial abuse of the deceased by her step-mother and recovery of money to the estate.
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Claire Vale