# Contentious Probate 2025: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Questions: Directly from Top-Flight KCs, Judges and Senior Juniors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 5 March 2025 until 10 September 2025
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £149.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £259.00 + VAT per team
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/probate25

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Contentious Probate: Shaping new law into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Alexander Learmonth KC, New Square Chambers
- Financial Provisions: How do you balance the competing s.3 factors in claims for financial provision by (1) adult children, (2) cohabitees who lived as spouses for two years or more and (3) dependants?
  - Answered by Alex Troup KC, St John’s Chambers
- Fluctuating Capacity: How do you manage—and overcome—difficulties with borderline and fluctuating capacity issues, including distorted memories, false beliefs, and personality changes?
  - Answered by Francesca Gardner, 39 Essex Chambers
- Difficult Executors: What counts and will sway the court when seeking to remove difficult, disengaged or dodgy executors and trustees, and how can you do it swiftly and cost-effectively?
  - Answered by David E Grant KC, Outer Temple Chambers
- Undue Influence: How has Rea v Rea [2024] EWCA changed existing thinking on undue influence in probate claims, and what practical steps can you take to gain an edge for your client in a dispute?
  - Answered by Matthew Hodson, Gatehouse Chambers
- Testamentary Gifts: What are the potential headaches of testamentary gifts of occupation, and how do you cure them before IHT litigation starts?
  - Answered by Kate Selway KC, Radcliffe Chambers
- TOLATA Claims: Against a background of recent and live cases, how do you effectively use TOLATA to challenge ownership of joint assets after death and excessive lifetime gifts, and get the case over the line for your client?
  - Answered by Mark Dubbery, Pump Court Chambers
- Hirachand Implications: What are the wider implications of the Hirachand v Hirachand litigation for costs in 1975 Act claims, and how will they impact market practices and client advice?
  - Answered by Richard Dew, Ten Old Square

## How to book

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