The Pump Court Inheritance Team provides specialists in resolving inheritance related problems. The scope of the specialist work of the team includes:

Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

Probate claims- contentious and non-contentious

Rectification of wills

Proprietary estoppel and constructive trust claims

Removal of personal representatives

Undue influence claims – especially those involving the elderly and vulnerable

Mental Capacity

Professional negligence claims involving wills and estates.

While advocacy services have always been at the heart of the work done by the team – and members of the team have been involved in many of the leading cases on the 1975 Act from Coventry [1980] 1 Ch 461 and Callaghan [1985] Fam 1 in the early days to the more recent cases of Myers [2005] WTLR 529 and P v G [2006] 1 FLR 431 – we pride ourselves on providing a service that is friendly towards those who are suffering the trauma of bereavement compounded by family dispute. Members have been selected for their ability to deal tactfully with both client and opposition alike. All are skilled in modern methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as being experienced, and if required robust, advocates. Of the ten members of the team five are qualified mediators and members of the Pump Court Inheritance Mediation service that provides specialist mediators to help resolve these disputes.