Addleshaw Goddard‘s high-profile team acts for a client base of high-net-worth individuals and families facing a range of contentious matters, including wills, trusts, and probate disputes. The offering is buoyed by the firm’s leading commercial disputes offering, as well as its well-regarded non-contentious private client department. Pervinder Kaur and the ’extremely knowledgeable’ Yorke Eaton co-lead the team alongside Gareth Jones, whose practice includes commercial disputes as well as the full range of contentious trust and probate matters.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team act with the utmost confidence and professionalism but without big ego and arrogance. The advice is first class and their knowledge and diplomacy in dealing with matters is outstanding.'

  • ‘Yorke Eaton and his team are outstanding. Yorke is extremely knowledgeable, but always explains everything in non-legal jargon. There are no egos just exceptional service and the best advice. Yorke takes time to understand the issues and how to deal with them and his calm, reassuringly clever but never condescending attitude is very refreshing and puts you at ease.’

  • ‘Strengths: the people - approachable, sensitive to the situation, good teamwork, a feeling of being in safe hands, reliable.’

  • ‘Gareth Jones has worked with sensitivity in a contentious situation within the trusts. He sees the picture in the round and has been very supportive, communicated well with the trustees and other team members. I feel in safe hands.'

  • 'Yorke Eaton has been excellent. His expertise around trust matters has been greatly appreciated. He is approachable and makes himself available should we require it.’

  • 'They understand our business needs and work with us as an extension of our own team. They listen to us and understand how decisions will impact us and our reputation. Their advice is always thorough, accurate and sensibly structured.'

  • 'Their approach is strategic and structured, and when cases are lengthy and complex they are excellent at communicating and explaining information to support us with our decision-making.'

Practice head

Pervinder Kaur; Yorke Eaton; Gareth Jones