Trust, will and estate disputes

Expert legal guidance and support from our trust, will and estate disputes solicitors

Understanding trust, will and estate disputes

We understand these disputes are personal. An understanding of relationships within the family is often key to their resolution.

We always try to resolve matters without recourse to litigation, aiming to reach pragmatic and cost effective solutions if at all possible.

Where necessary however we are experienced in the full litigation process, working closely with our colleagues in our Private Client and other teams to ensure we give a thorough holistic service.

How our trust, will and estate disputes solicitors can help you

Providing expert legal support for family and inherited wealth disputes

Our lawyers deal with family and inherited wealth disputes. Multi-jurisdictional families and estates, blended family structures and evolving family dynamics and succession issues are just some of the areas that we can lend support on.

The team advises in all areas of trust and estate litigation. We have an established reputation in the ‘bread and butter’ areas of practice, such as Inheritance Act claims, will challenges and administration disputes but frequently handle high-value, high stakes, complex litigation, often in conjunction with our Family Office partners who provide cross-practice expertise in dealing with HNW and UHNW family dynamics.

Family inherited wealth disputes

Family and inherited wealth disputes

Our experts can advise on the full range of trust and probate disputes. We assist individuals, family offices, trustees, trust corporations and charities in resolving...

Legacy and will disputes for charities

Contested legacies

Our team of specialists is dedicated to ensuring that your charity's interests are protected and upheld in contested legacy cases. We aim to provide an unrivalled...

Blends technical legal know-how and strategy with friendliness and approachability.
Legal 500 (2025)

Our approach

Providing expert cross-border legal Services

We are increasingly instructed for our cross-border and international work. This involves issues of foreign assets, domicile, residence, applicable law and the often conflicting interaction of civil and common law jurisdictions.

Our independent trust company (Russell-Cooke Trust Company) means that we are also well placed to offer executor and trustee services in complicated and often contentious administrations.

We also have considerable experience in relation to capacity cases, including disputes concerning Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) and Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) and applications to the Court of Protection.

Capacity and court of protection disputes

Capacity and Court of Protection disputes

Many of our private client solicitors are specialists in issues affecting those who have lost the capacity to manage their affairs...

Family Office service

About our Family Office services

Russell-Cooke’s Family Office offer clear, practical advice on anything from wills and pre-nuptial agreements to business and property portfolios via philanthropic aims and reputational issues.

Find out how Russell-Cooke’s Family Office provide families with seamless access to the specialist advice they need and when they need it.

Generation Game Office Service

Family Office service

Find out how we can help individuals and families make informed decisions about their future planning and navigate the difficult conversations that might otherwise lead to conflict.

Get in touch

If you would like to speak with a member of the team you can contact our trusts wills estate disputes solicitors by email, by telephone on +44 (0)20 3826 7530 or complete our enquiry form.

Get to know our trust, will and estate disputes team


Great depth of knowledge and is always sensitive to their client’s needs.
Legal 500 (2025)
They are a first-rate firm and one of the leading contentious private client and contentious trust practices out there.
Chambers UK (2023)

Related insights

The latest news and insights from our trusts wills estate disputes team

News

04.12.2024

Number and value of trusts in UK continue to decline despite ‘surprising’ rise in registrations during last tax year—Spear’s

Following the publication of the HMRC’s annual statistics on UK trusts for the FY 2023-24, partner Suzanne Mynors has been quoted in a Spear’s article that gathers experts’ reactions to the new figures.
Suzanne Mynors, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team.
Suzanne Mynors
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07.11.2024

Capacity to litigate: a step towards clarity?—Solicitors Journal

Senior associate Andrew Morgan has contributed an article to Solicitors Journal which breaks down key reforms to...
Andrew Morgan, Senior associate in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, trust, will and estate disputes team.
Andrew Morgan
1 min Read
News

30.10.2024

Private client team news and updates—October 2024

In this edition of our private client newsletter, our team shares insights to help you make informed decisions for your loved ones, from lifetime gifting to estate planning...
Suzanne Mynors, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team. Aidan Tynan (1)
Multiple Authors
3 min Read
Suzanne Mynors, Aidan Tynan
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