Contentious Probate and Inheritance Claims - Death in the Modern Age

In-person

28th March 2023 | Thistle Marble Arch

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Agenda

Death in the Modern Age- 28 March 2023

Registration and Coffee
9:00 am

Welcome from the Chair
9:30 am

Amy Berry, Barrister
New Square Chambers

Alexander Learmonth KC, Barrister
New Square Chambers

Dynamics of a modern family
9:40 am

  • Blended family and non-binary children 
  • Children conceived through surrogates 
  • Definition of a spouse 

Monika Byrska, Partner
Howard Kennedy

James Lister, Partner
Stevens & Bolton

Benefits and risks of incorporating modern technology
10:20 am

  • Impact of Covid
  • Risk of fraud/ undue influence

Constance McDonnell KC , Barrister
Serle Court

Professor Robin Jacoby, Emeritus professor of old age psychiatry
Oxford University

Alicia Tan, Associate
Farrer & Co

Coffee Break
11:00 am

Promises! Promises!
11:20 am

  • Proprietary estoppel of promises to leave property by will  

Ashleigh Carr, Senior Associate
Forsters

William Moffett , Barrister
Radcliffe Chambers

Lucinda Brown, Partner
BDB Pitmans

Mistakes in wills and trusts
12:00 pm

Alison Regan, Joint Managing Partner
Russell-Cooke

Oliver Auld, Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Sofie Hoffman, Partner
Harbottle & Lewis

Lunch
12:45 pm

Mediation- the better way forward?
1:50 pm

  • Are we moving towards mandatory mediation before court proceedings?
  • Hot topics and trends

Julia Burns, Mediator
Dove in the Room

Charlotte Edge, Junior Counsel / Mediator
5 Stone Buildings

Charlotte Bradley, Partner
Kingsley Napley

Handling and recovering non-traditional asset classes
2:30 pm

  • Art & Luxury goods

Ed Powles, Partner
Maurice Turnor Gardner

Willem-Joost de Gier, Co-Founder
Cadell

Hetty Gleave, Partner
Fladgate

Tamara Wakeford, Associate
Wedlake Bell

Coffee Break
3:10 pm

Update on Cross-border probate
3:30 pm

  • Conflict of laws 
  • Choosing jurisdictions 

Natasha Stourton, Partner
Withers

Aidan Briggs, Barrister
New Square Chambers

Jacob Ward, Senior Associate
Macfarlanes

Loss of Mental Capacity
4:20 pm

  • Incapacity and poisoning of the mind 
  • Capacity which fluctuates

Bryony Cove, Partner
Farrer & Co

Emma Holland, Partner
Stewarts

Dr. James Warner, Consultant Psychiatrist
Halcyon Doctors

Closing remarks
5:00 pm

Alexander Learmonth KC, Barrister
New Square Chambers

Amy Berry, Barrister
New Square Chambers

Drinks Reception
5:15 pm

9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
9:30 am
Welcome from the Chair
Amy Berry - Barrister - New Square Chambers
Alexander Learmonth KC - Barrister - New Square Chambers
9:40 am
Dynamics of a modern family
  • Blended family and non-binary children 
  • Children conceived through surrogates 
  • Definition of a spouse 
Monika Byrska - Partner - Howard Kennedy
James Lister - Partner - Stevens & Bolton
10:20 am
Benefits and risks of incorporating modern technology
  • Impact of Covid
  • Risk of fraud/ undue influence
Constance McDonnell KC - Barrister - Serle Court
Professor Robin Jacoby - Emeritus professor of old age psychiatry - Oxford University
Alicia Tan - Associate - Farrer & Co
11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:20 am
Promises! Promises!
  • Proprietary estoppel of promises to leave property by will  
Ashleigh Carr - Senior Associate - Forsters
William Moffett - Barrister - Radcliffe Chambers
Lucinda Brown - Partner - BDB Pitmans
12:00 pm
Mistakes in wills and trusts
Alison Regan - Joint Managing Partner - Russell-Cooke
Oliver Auld - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Sofie Hoffman - Partner - Harbottle & Lewis
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Mediation- the better way forward?
  • Are we moving towards mandatory mediation before court proceedings?
  • Hot topics and trends
Julia Burns - Mediator - Dove in the Room
Charlotte Edge - Junior Counsel / Mediator - 5 Stone Buildings
Charlotte Bradley - Partner - Kingsley Napley
2:30 pm
Handling and recovering non-traditional asset classes
  • Art & Luxury goods
Ed Powles - Partner - Maurice Turnor Gardner
Willem-Joost de Gier - Co-Founder - Cadell
Hetty Gleave - Partner - Fladgate
Tamara Wakeford - Associate - Wedlake Bell
3:10 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 pm
Update on Cross-border probate
  • Conflict of laws 
  • Choosing jurisdictions 
Natasha Stourton - Partner - Withers
Aidan Briggs - Barrister - New Square Chambers
Jacob Ward - Senior Associate - Macfarlanes
4:20 pm
Loss of Mental Capacity
  • Incapacity and poisoning of the mind 
  • Capacity which fluctuates
Bryony Cove - Partner - Farrer & Co
Emma Holland - Partner - Stewarts
Dr. James Warner - Consultant Psychiatrist - Halcyon Doctors
5:00 pm
Closing remarks
Alexander Learmonth KC - Barrister - New Square Chambers
Amy Berry - Barrister - New Square Chambers
5:15 pm
Drinks Reception

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