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Russell-Cooke LLP
Lawyers
Gareth Ledsham
- Phone+44 (0)20 8394 6413
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Trust and estate disputes.
Position
Partner specialising in all types of trust and estate/succession-related litigation, including will validity challenges, family provision claims, trustee disputes and claims for rectification and constructions of wills. Also professional negligence arising from these areas.
Has a particular interest in estates with a cross-border element.
Reported cases include Scarfe v Matthews [2012} EWHC 3071 (Ch) and Brennan v Prior [2013] EWHC 2867 (Ch).
Also acts in matters involving contested Court of Protection proceedings including disputed lifetime gifts, statutory wills, attorney/deputy disputes and financial abuse.
Education
University of East Anglia - LLB Law with French Law and Language (2001)
Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) - LLM French Law and European Law (2002)
College of Law, London - PG Dip Legal Practice (2004)