Principally focused on trusts, tax planning, wills, probate, the administration of estates and family provision but also encompassing personal and corporate insolvency, disqualification of company directors, property litigation (including landlord & tenant), partnership and professional negligence.

Particular expertise in international aspects of the administration of estates having advised relatives of victims of both the World Trade Center attacks and the Lockerbie bombing.

Experienced in the conduct of mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Major Publications:

• Halsbury's Laws of England, Executors title, (2000, LexisNexis) (joint editor)
• Williams on Wills 8th Edition, (2002, LexisNexis) (joint editor)
• Mellows: Taxation for Executors and Trustees, (loose leaf, 2003 to date, LexisNexis) (joint editor)
• Parker's Modern Wills Precedents 4th Edition, (2003, LexisNexis) (principal author)
•  A Practitioner's Guide to Drafting Trusts, (2003, LexisNexis) (author)
• Thomas & Hudson: The Law of Trusts, (2004, Oxford) (contributor)
• Williams on Wills 8th Edition, Supplement, (2005, LexisNexis) (joint editor)
• Rossdale: Probate and the Administration of Estates: A Practical Guide, (2006, Legalese) (joint author)
• Parker's Modern Wills Precedents 5th Edition, (forthcoming, 2006, Tottel) (sole author)
• Williams on Wills 8th Edition, Second Supplement, (forthcoming 2006, LexisNexis) (joint editor)
• Inheritance Tax Planning (forthcoming 2006, LexisNexis) (joint author)

Minor Publications include:

Contributions to Private Client Practice, The New Law Journal and Tolley's Tax Newsletter.

Reported Cases: Most matters remain confidential to the parties but cases which have been reported in one form or another include:

• Kinch v Bullard [1998] 4 All ER 650, The Times September 16, 1998 – Application of Law of Property Act 1925, s. 196 to service of notices of severance.

• Singla v Bashir [2002] All ER (D) 176 (May) – Trial of undue influence claim.

• Vale v Armstrong [2003] All ER (D) 358 (Mar) – Interim applications, freezing order.

• Heavy Duty Parts Limited v Anelay [2004] All ER (D) 66 (Apr) – insolvency appeal and admissibility of fresh evidence on appeal.

• Jones v Vaughan [2005] All ER (D) 479 (Jul) – Successful summary judgment application in undue influence claim; [2005] All ER (D) 383 (Nov) – Construction of a lease; [2006] All ER (D) 119 (Mar) - Joinder; [2006] All ER (D) 62 (Aug) – costs.

• Harrison v Gibson [2006] 1 WLR 1212, [2006] 1 All ER 858, [2006] WTLR 289, The Times January 25, 2006 – construction of a will and application of Administration of Justice Act 1982, s. 22.

• Westendorp v Warwick [2006] All ER (D) 248 (Apr) – Trial of a contentious probate claim concerning testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval.

• Bartlam v Coutts & Co [2006] WTLR 1165; [2006] All ER (D) 273 (May) – Rectification of Settlement.
Speaking and Lecturing:
Often lectures in principal specialist fields. Recent work includes:

• October 2004 - Chaired the LexisNexis London conference on Tax Efficient Will Drafting

• February 2005 - Addressed STEP London on Living Wills

• February 2005 - Addressed STEP South Wales on Residential Care Fees and the Taxation of Testamentary Discretionary Trusts

• May 2005 - Addressed seminar on Professional Liabilities to Third Parties in the Private Client context

• June 2005 - Addressed seminar on Civil Partnerships and Will Drafting

• October 2005 - Addressed STEP on Contentious issues and Civil Partnerships

• December 2005 - Addressed CLT conference on Trust Re-organisations

• June 2006 - Addressed LAWNET on Civil Partnerships and Will Drafting

• June 2006 - Lunchtime address on Westendorp v Warwick

• July 2006 - Workshops at Probate Section Conference on Civil Partnerships and Will Drafting