Sangita Manek

I qualified in 1997 and have spent the majority of that time as a Partner working as a litigator in Private Client Dispute Resolution teams. I have a lot of experience in this area and am ranked in the Legal 500 as “... a real fighter for her clients, who will leave no stone unturned”. I specialise in contentious probate disputes including disputed Wills, breach of trust claims, administration of estate disputes and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. I regularly act for high-net-worth individuals and represents large estates both in bringing and defending claims on a full range of services from initial pre-action negotiations through to mediation and if necessary, all the way to trial, regularly dealing with difficult and emotive cases. I also have a special interest in cohabitee disputes (also known as TOLATA claims) in relation to the ownership of property and am often considered the go-to litigator in this area of work, having written extensively about making claims for beneficial interests in property. · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandPrivate Client, Contentious Probate

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Partner and experienced litigator in Private Client Dispute Resolution, qualified in 1997 and ranked in The Legal 500 as “... a real fighter for her clients, who will leave no stone unturned”. She specialises in contentious probate and trust disputes — including disputed wills, breach of trust, administration of estate disputes and Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 claims — and regularly acts for high-net-worth individuals and large estates from pre-action negotiation and mediation through to trial, with a particular focus on cohabitee/TOLATA property disputes.

Practice areas

Private ClientContentious ProbateTrustsLitigationProperty Litigation

Office

England

Irwin Mitchell · I qualified in 1997 and have spent the majority of that time as a Partner working as a litigator in Private Client Dispute Resolution teams. I have a lot of experience in this area and am ranked in the Legal 500 as “... a real fighter for her clients, who will leave no stone unturned”. I specialise in contentious probate disputes including disputed Wills, breach of trust claims, administration of estate disputes and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. I regularly act for high-net-worth individuals and represents large estates both in bringing and defending claims on a full range of services from initial pre-action negotiations through to mediation and if necessary, all the way to trial, regularly dealing with difficult and emotive cases. I also have a special interest in cohabitee disputes (also known as TOLATA claims) in relation to the ownership of property and am often considered the go-to litigator in this area of work, having written extensively about making claims for beneficial interests in property.

England

Expertise

Disputed willsBreach of trust claimsAdministration of estate disputesInheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 claimsCohabitee / TOLATA disputesClaims for beneficial interests in propertyActing for high-net-worth individualsRepresenting large estates; pre-action negotiation, mediation and trials

Admissions

Qualified (1997) — England