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Nicola Bushby

Nicola is a Partner in the firm's Private Wealth Disputes team. She specialises in trust and estate litigation for high and ultra-high net worth individuals and families, often involving complex capacity issues. Nicola has particular expertise in claims for breach of trust, inter-family disputes in relation to the administration of estates and constructive trusts, Will disputes and setting aside transactions by reason of mental incapacity and undue influence. Her cases regularly involve multiple jurisdictions and recovering money held offshore. She has enormous strength across the whole spectrum of Court of Protection work, with particular emphasis on contentious financial applications concerning the estates and businesses of those who may have lost capacity to manage them, financial abuse, gift and statutory Will disputes and the removal of attorneys and deputies. She is particularly skilful and experienced at dealing with the dynamics of family disputes and adept at untangling the most difficult and challenging of cases. · Boodle Hatfield LLP

EnglandPrivate Wealth / Private Client, Trusts & Estates

About

Partner in the firm's Private Wealth Disputes team specialising in trust and estate litigation for high and ultra-high net worth individuals and families, often involving complex capacity issues and cross-border matters. She has particular expertise in breach of trust and inter-family estate disputes, constructive trusts, will disputes and Court of Protection contentious financial work including removal of attorneys and deputies and recovering assets held offshore.

Practice areas

Private Wealth / Private ClientTrusts & EstatesContentious ProbateCourt of ProtectionInternational Asset Recovery

Office

Expertise

High and ultra-high net worth private clientsBreach of trust and constructive trust claimsInter-family disputes over estate administrationWill disputes and setting aside transactions for mental incapacity and undue influenceContentious Court of Protection financial applications (financial abuse, removal of attorneys/deputies)Cross-border disputes and offshore asset recovery

Education

  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Leiden

Admissions

  • Solicitor (qualified 2012, England & Wales)