Families in Dispute
Individuals and family businesses understand that conflicts are a fact of life. When a conflict takes the form of a legal dispute that threatens the family wealth, it needs to be resolved without undue delay and at a proportionate cost.
People's financial affairs are increasingly complicated, largely because they have to operate in a world where the framework of law and regulation is constantly changing.
Inevitably with increasing wealth, disputes are on the rise. Often with an international element, families in dispute require expert advice on the options available to them.
It is the combination of the often intensely personal nature of the dispute and the competing personal agendas of the family, which creates a complexity that itself can become an obstacle to resolution.
Why we are different
Many of our lawyers are recognised as leaders in their fields and have a wealth of experience in acting for private individuals and family businesses.
We are privileged to act as our clients' close and trusted advisers and will do everything in our power to protect our clients' interests. We place great weight on our duty to act professionally whilst maintaining complete objectivity.
We act with toughness in adversity and possess measured, intelligent negotiation skills.
With our office in London and an associated office in New York we occupy two key hubs for the resolution of international disputes facing wealthy families. From those hubs we maintain an informal network of like-minded and independent professionals, so that in every case we can engage and work with the very best bespoke teams for every case.
Services
- Onshore and offshore breach of trust claims
- Court of protection and mental capacity issues
- Fraud, asset tracing and recovery
- Probate and international succession disputes
- Tax disputes and HMRC investigations
- Validity of wills claims
- 1975 Inheritance Act claims
The Firm's Contentious Trusts & Estates Team was shortlisted for Team of the Year (2009) for the prestigious STEP Private Client Awards 2009/10.
We have also been shortlisted for Private Client Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2010.