Charlotte Watts

Charlotte is a partner in our Will & Trust Disputes team. Charlotte advises on contentious trust and probate and legacy administration problems, including Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims, will validity, construction of wills, problems with executors and trustees, proprietary estoppel and the Non-Contentious Probate Rules. Charlotte also deals with ex gratia claims, lost wills, joint bank accounts and lifetime gifts. She regularly advises on proceedings in the Court of Protection including statutory will applications (where the court makes a will for a person who does not have the mental capacity to make his own) and has a special interest in this area. She is committed to resolving disputes in a sensitive and tactful way, being mindful that they can be extremely difficult emotionally as well as financially. · Wilsons

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Partner in Wilsons' Will & Trust Disputes team advising on contentious trust and probate and legacy administration matters, including Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims, will validity and construction, executor and trustee disputes, proprietary estoppel and Non-Contentious Probate Rules. Regularly advises in the Court of Protection on statutory will applications and has a special interest in that area; committed to resolving disputes sensitively.

Practice areas

Wills & ProbateTrustsContentious TrustsPrivate ClientCourt of ProtectionCharities & Not-for-Profit

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England

Wilsons · Charlotte is a partner in our Will & Trust Disputes team. Charlotte advises on contentious trust and probate and legacy administration problems, including Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims, will validity, construction of wills, problems with executors and trustees, proprietary estoppel and the Non-Contentious Probate Rules. Charlotte also deals with ex gratia claims, lost wills, joint bank accounts and lifetime gifts. She regularly advises on proceedings in the Court of Protection including statutory will applications (where the court makes a will for a person who does not have the mental capacity to make his own) and has a special interest in this area. She is committed to resolving disputes in a sensitive and tactful way, being mindful that they can be extremely difficult emotionally as well as financially.

England

Expertise

Inheritance Act (1975) claimsWill validity and constructionExecutor and trustee disputesProprietary estoppelNon-contentious probate mattersCourt of Protection – statutory willsEx gratia and lost will claimsJoint bank accounts and lifetime giftsCharities and legacy disputes

Admissions

Solicitor, qualified 2005