Call: 2001
"She has a brain the size of a planet and is very good at picking up obscure points that can turn a case around. Her memory is fantastic and she displays good attention to detail."
Chambers UK 2025
Georgia speaks frequently at both in house seminars, MBL seminars and LexisNexis Webinars.
Georgia Bedworth is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. She is regulated by The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 42904] and is fully insured with the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/055] to provide legal services, please refer to the BMIF website for full details of the world-wide cover provided. She is registered for VAT under the reference 799330581.
Georgia Bedworth has a thriving and well-established traditional Chancery practice. She is instructed in both contentious and non-contentious trusts and estates matters which are technically complex, often involving multi-million-pound trusts and estates.
A well-respected junior, who is able to demystify complex concepts and explain them in plain English, Georgia frequently advises on the trusts of landed estates, capital tax planning issues and on Variation of Trusts Act applications. Alongside her non-contentious work, Georgia advises on a full range of contentious trusts and estate matters including probate claims and high-value claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. In addition, Georgia undertakes a considerable amount of property and affairs work in the Court of Protection, in which she draws on her skills and knowledge attained in the other areas of her practice.
Georgia is recognised in Chambers UK and Chambers High Net Worth. She has been listed in Band 1 for Traditional Chancery, Trusts and Court of Protection (Property and Affairs) for a number of years and was shortlisted as Chancery Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2023.
Georgia’s Court of Protection practice perfectly compliments her successful traditional chancery practice, drawing on her considerable expertise both in the Court of Protection and in wills, trusts, estates and capital taxes matters. Georgia covers the full range of property and affairs work, and has been Ranked in Band 1 for Court of Protection: Property and Affairs for a number of years. She is frequently instructed, by both the Official Solicitor and private parties, in relation to high value and complex statutory will and gifting applications, often with a tax planning element.
In addition, Georgia acts in and advises on applications for the removal of attorneys and deputies and appointment of deputies.
Georgia also has considerable expertise in applications concerning reporting restrictions orders and privacy in the Court of Protection having been junior counsel (led by John McKendrick KC) in Hinduja v Hinduja [2022] EWCA Civ 1492.
Georgia frequently acts in contentious trusts and estate matters including probate disputes, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and litigation concerning the administration of trusts and estates, including applications for the removal of personal representatives and trustees and rectification. Georgia frequently advises in relation to contentious construction matters and in relation to claims brought by and against trustees, including applications for Beddoe relief.
Georgia frequently advises on non-contentious trusts and estates matters, including capital taxes planning, as well as undertaking related trusts and wills drafting. Georgia has considerable experience in Variation of Trusts Act applications, acting both for those proposing the Arrangement to give effect to the variation and representing the minor and unborn beneficiaries.
In addition, Georgia often appears in court on non-contentious matters such as approval of sale of foreign property owned by a minor, an area in which she was involved in the leading case and applications under s. 57 Trustee Act 1925.
Georgia has significant experience in advising on capital taxes and capital taxes planning, particularly inheritance tax and capital gains tax. Much of her work in Variation of Trusts Act application involves a consideration and appreciation of the tax consequences of the variation.
In addition, her Court of Protection work frequently involves applications which have been motivated by a desire to save inheritance tax.
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