STEP: Contentious probate update

Who Should Attend?

Leslie Blohm QC, John Dickinson and Christopher Jones of our Wills & Trusts team will be speaking at the Annual STEP Bristol event at St John’s Chambers on 4th April, kindly sponsored by Smith & Williamson.

Topics include:

• Enforcing assurances against the quick and the dead – How and why proprietary estoppel cases work differently in claims against estates and claims against live representees
  Leslie Blohm QC, Joint Deputy Head of Chambers, St John’s Chambers
• Correcting errors in wills: How mistakes in the wording of a will can be corrected using:
  1.Lack of knowledge and approval;
  2.The process of construction of the will;
  3.The remedy of rectification of the will under section 20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982
  John Dickinson, Barrister, St John’s Chambers
• Claims to remove executors: tips for success, traps to avoid, and lessons to be learned from recent case law
  Alex Troup, Barrister, St John’s Chambers

Prior booking is essential; please reserve your place by completing the booking form and sending it via e-mail to [email protected].