About
Bernadette Baker is a partner at Birketts LLP and Head of Private Wealth Disputes in England, having joined the firm in 2004 and leading the Private Wealth Disputes Team. She advises individuals, trustees and fiduciaries on complex trust and succession disputes, including challenges based on capacity, undue influence, fraud and forgery, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, proprietary estoppel and related professional negligence matters.
Practice areas
Contentious Trusts and ProbateCommercial LitigationPrivate ClientProfessional NegligenceSuccession & Inheritance
Office
Expertise
Complex trust disputesClaims involving protectorsDomestic and international succession disputesCapacity, undue influence, fraud and forgery challengesInheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claimsProprietary estoppel disputesActing as Independent AdministratorProfessional negligence arising from succession disputes