Family & Contentious Wills, Trusts & Probate
Davinia specialises in Financial Remedies and has experience of the full range of applications and hearings in those proceedings including First Direction Appointments, Financial Dispute Resolution hearings, and final hearings in cases involving pensions, overseas assets and companies. Davinia also has experience in dealing with property disputes between unmarried partners under the Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA), applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989, Maintenance Pending Suit and applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.
Davinia is regularly instructed in applications for section 37 and freezing injunctions designed to prevent the dissipation of assets. She has also successfully sought committal to jail for a Respondent’s failure to complete, file or serve their Form E.
Davinia has the benefit of being a member of the Wills, Trusts and Probate Team within Chambers and as such has a familiarity and knowledge of civil litigation and the Civil Procedure Rules. Her diverse legal knowledge enables her to provide rounded advice and a remedies-based approach for enforcement of orders such as third-party debt orders and applications for judgment summons.
Davinia’s experience is primarily in high-value complex financial issues, often involving trust assets, businesses, multiple properties (UK based and International) and inheritance.
Called 2004, Inner Temple.
FLBA.
BSc Psychology (2:1); Birmingham University (post-graduate Diploma in Law); Nottingham Law School (BVC, very competent).
In her spare time, Davinia enjoys racing around Donnington Park Race Track on her Kawaski 636.