Contentious Probate Update seminar with DASLS
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- Contentious Probate Update seminar with DASLS
Date: 25 September 2025
Starts: 9:30 am
Ends: 4:25 pm
Venue: Courtyard Exeter Sandy Park
Location: Sandy Park Way, Exeter EX2 7NN
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Who Should Attend?
Our Wills & Trusts team are delighted to invite you to their annual conference with Devon & Somerset Law Society.
The seminar aims to bring practitioners up to speed with all the latest developments in the world of contentious probate.
It is principally targeted at solicitors who are (or would like to be) involved in contentious probate work, but it would also be of interest to non-contentious lawyers, will writing firms and professional executors.
The day will conclude with an interactive session led by Alex Troup KC
Topic include:
Dodgy or inept executors and what to do about them, Annie Sampson
Are we really a couple? Cohabitation in 1975 Act claims, Michael Clarke
When non-contentious becomes contentious: caveats and put up or shut up applications, Nicole Hilton
Defendant’s right to remain (relatively) silent – qualified defences pursuant to CPR r.57.7(5), Georgina Thompson
Back from the dead?, Joss Knight
Gifts of companies and shares: problems and solutions, Charlie Newington-Bridges
Fiduciary duties and profits, Christopher Jones
Interactive workshop, Led by Alex Troup KC with Natasha Dzameh, Daniel Soar, Kayleigh Bloomfield, Jack Pankhurst, Ben Harwood
People

Alex Troup KC
- Call: 1998
- Silk: 2023
Alex is Head of our Wills & Trusts team and is recognised for his impressive chancery practice. He is the only silk ranked in private wealth outside of London in the High Net Worth Guide 2024. Alex specialises...

Christopher Jones
- Call: 2004
Christopher is a chancery and commercial specialist with particular emphasis on trust litigation and advice, contentious and non-contentious probate applications, real property litigation (particularly in relation to easements, restrictive covenants and contracts for the sale of land) and...

Michael Clarke
- Call: 2009
Michael has a wide chancery-based practice focusing on wills and trusts. He is regularly instructed as an advocate and/or to advise upon a diverse range of matters. His work includes: Contentious probate and administration of estates and trusts...

Natasha Dzameh
- Call: 2010
Natasha is a commercial and chancery barrister handling wills & trusts, real estate and commercial disputes. She is often instructed as sole counsel in high value, multifaceted litigation and is consistently ranked as a leading junior in Chambers...

Charlie Newington-Bridges
- Call: 2011
Charlie undertakes a wide range of commercial and chancery work in litigation, arbitration and mediation. He has experience of substantial, complex and high-value litigation in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He also has wide experience...

Joss Knight
- Call: 2014
Joss is a specialist chancery barrister with particular expertise in wills, trusts and probate disputes, professional negligence and Court of Protection claims. Joss is ranked as a leading junior across these areas, both in the Legal 500 and...

Annie Sampson
- Call: 2015
Annie’s broad commercial and chancery practice encompasses wills and trusts work, real estate matters, commercial disputes, professional negligence claims and insolvency proceedings. Annie also has experience of acting at all stages of disputes, including pre-litigation, on interim applications,...

Daniel Soar
- Call: 2016
Daniel has an established chancery and commercial practice, covering the traditional areas of probate, property, trusts and breach of contract, appearing regularly in the County Court, First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and the High Court. As part of his...

Georgina Thompson
- Call: 2017
Georgina is an experienced junior barrister specialising in commercial law and wills and trusts disputes. She has a developed a practice focused on resolving complex legal disputes by providing clear, practical, and sensitive advice to a wide range...

Jack Pankhurst
- Call: 2021
Jack is a specialist commercial and chancery barrister and a trained mediator. His practice spans the breadth of commercial disputes, including company and insolvency; contractual disputes; offshore work; wills and trust litigation; professional negligence claims; property matters; and...

Kayleigh Bloomfield
- Call: 2021
Kayleigh has a broad chancery commercial practice spanning all of chambers’ core practice areas. She also has a particular interest in cases with an international element. Kayleigh regularly appears as a sole advocate in the First-Tier Tribunal, County...

Nicole Hilton
- Call: 2021
Nicole is a barrister and trained mediator with a broad practice encompassing many areas of commercial and chancery law. Nicole accepts instructions in commercial, construction, professional negligence, landlord and tenant, commercial and residential property, other property and real...

Ben Harwood
- Call: 2022
Ben provides representation and advice in all main areas of commercial and chancery law. Ben regularly appears in both the County Court and High Court undertaking procedural hearings, including including strike out, summary judgment and disclosure; enforcement applications,...
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