Charlotte Watts

Wills & Trusts Disputes

Charlotte is a partner in our Wills & Trusts Disputes team. Charlotte advises on contentious trust and probate and legacy administration problems, including Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims, will validity, construction of wills, problems with executors and trustees, proprietary estoppel and the Non-Contentious Probate Rules. Charlotte also deals with ex gratia claims, lost wills, joint bank accounts and lifetime gifts.  She regularly advises on proceedings in the Court of Protection including statutory will applications (where the court makes a will for a person who does not have the mental capacity to make his own) and has a special interest in this area.  She is committed to resolving disputes in a sensitive and tactful way, being mindful that they can be extremely difficult emotionally as well as financially.