England - London • Private client
VWV
Led by the ‘extremely experienced' Michelle Rose, the team at VWV is a ’stable team’, which has ‘been together for a long time.’ It has an established national reputation for its work on various complex trusts and probate disputes, and its specialist legacy protection team continues to flourish along with its court of protection offering. Rose and Fiona Lawrence receive regular referrals to be appointed as independent administrators and trustees in various complex, high-value and deadlocked estates and trusts.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The way they worked as both individuals and as a team. Their communication must be excellent. They are personable and robust, always looking for the best interests and solutions for their clients and usually achieving results through ADR.'
‘Julia Hardy is calm, firm and knowledgeable litigator with excellent judgment. You'd feel reassured if your mum was in litigation and had Julia on her side. Michelle Rose has led the team for many years. She is respected in the market and often invited to act as a litigation friend.'
‘The team has a really well-deserved reputation in the area of contentious trusts and probate. They really know this field inside out and their judgment and advice are incisive and reliable.'
'Michelle Rose is frequently appointed as an independent administrator or trustee where war has broken out and as a result she has seen almost every permutation of tricky situation. Valuable experience which makes her and her team’s judgment unfailingly sound.'
‘Julia Hardy is great to work with. Thorough, dedicated, practical and bright. She really drills down into the detail and gives wise and practical client advice.'
‘Our principle contact is Michelle Rose, but we also have had dealings with Fiona Lawrence. They have been both extremely professional and responsive.'
‘They are easily the market leaders in the West of England in contentious probate and trusts work. The team has an exceptional reputation for handling high-value difficult cases well and particularly for acting as administrators/trustees on contentious cases.'
‘Michelle Rose is still one of the most sought-after independent trustees/administrators/litigation friends in the business. Cool-headed, efficient and very intelligent. She brings authority to every room she enters. Marianne Nankervis deals with sensitive and difficult family disputes with compassion and competence in equal measure. She always goes the extra mile for her clients.'
Work highlights
- Michelle Rose continues to be appointed on complex high value deadlocked estate administration and contested Court of Protection matters.
- Acted for the son and eldest daughter of Terry Jones of Monty Python fame in a complex challenge to the validity of Terry's Will and a property transfer.
- Acting for the Administrators of a £48m landed estate in a High Court blessing application.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michelle Rose