Chancery is an umbrella term for disputes involving trusts, estates, property and other equitable rights. Much of my work under this heading therefore overlaps with my Wills and Probate and Property practices.

I advise on the creation, validity, interpretation and administration of trusts, including disputes about who is entitled to benefit, trustees’ duties, access to information and accounts, and the removal or replacement of trustees.

I also act where money or property has been transferred, retained or dealt with in circumstances said to involve breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty, undue influence, mistake, unjust enrichment or other unconscionable conduct. This can include alleged financial abuse of an older or vulnerable person, informal arrangements between family members or business associates, and claims to trace or recover assets or require an account.

Chancery disputes often cross conventional boundaries. A case may involve a death, a family breakdown, a trust and a property at the same time. I help clients identify the correct legal basis of their claim, the evidence needed and the remedy the court can realistically grant. I provide advice, drafting, negotiation and representation at mediation and in court.

I undertake a focused family finance practice. I advise and represent parties in financial remedy proceedings following divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership, particularly at First Directions Appointments (FDAs) and Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearings.

My particular niche is acting for intervenors: parents, relatives, business associates or other third parties who claim a beneficial interest in the former matrimonial home or another property caught up in the proceedings. A typical case may involve a parent who contributed towards the purchase price, or a family member who says that money advanced to the couple bought them a share in the property rather than being a gift.

These disputes may require the court to determine who truly owns the property before deciding what assets are available for division between the spouses. They sit naturally at the intersection of family finance, trusts and property law, drawing directly on my wider experience of beneficial ownership and TOLATA disputes.

My insolvency practice is principally concerned with personal insolvency and cases in which the alleged debt is itself disputed.

I advise creditors and debtors on statutory demands, including applications to set a demand aside. I also act on bankruptcy petitions, whether for a petitioning creditor seeking a bankruptcy order or for a debtor opposing the petition. Where liability is contested, I advise on the underlying debt, the procedural and evidential issues, and whether insolvency proceedings are being used appropriately.

I also advise on disputed personal guarantees, including their validity, interpretation and enforceability, demands made under them and the defences available to a guarantor. I can provide early advice, draft applications and evidence, and represent clients at hearings.

A distinctive part of my practice concerns cases in which insolvency overlaps with probate and the administration of estates. I work alongside insolvency specialists where an inheritance tax liability has contributed to the bankruptcy of a personal representative, or where bankruptcy creates difficult questions about estate assets, the personal representative’s position or the continuing administration of the estate.

Landlord and tenant disputes can place homes, businesses and valuable assets at risk. I act in both residential and commercial cases, providing early advice, drafting and representation when matters have become difficult or urgent.

In residential cases, I principally represent private landlords seeking possession from problematic tenants. This includes cases involving substantial or persistent rent arrears, antisocial behaviour, damage to the property, breaches of the tenancy agreement, disputed notices and tenants who refuse to leave. I advise on the correct possession ground and procedure, prepare notices and court documents, and represent landlords at possession hearings and trials. I also deal with related claims for rent and occupation charges, injunctions and disputes about the status or terms of an occupation.

My commercial practice commonly involves business tenancy renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. I act for landlords and tenants in opposed and unopposed renewals, disputes about the terms and rent of a new lease, notices and applications under the Act, and cases concerning whether a tenancy has security of tenure.

I also advise and represent parties in forfeiture and relief from forfeiture claims, including disputes following peaceable re-entry, exclusion from commercial premises, unlawful forfeiture or trespass.

Property disputes are often about much more than bricks and mortar. They commonly arise after a relationship of trust has broken down, and the name on the title may not tell the whole story.

I act in disputes between former partners, family members, friends and business associates about who owns a property or how its beneficial ownership should be divided. This includes claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, constructive and resulting trusts, orders for sale and disputes about contributions, occupation and the proceeds of sale.

I also advise where promises, assurances or informal understandings have been made about future rights in a home or land. These cases may involve proprietary estoppel, promissory estoppel or related equitable claims, particularly where someone has relied on what they were told and acted to their disadvantage.

My work also includes disputes about the extent and position of boundaries, adverse possession, easements and rights of way. I act where access has been blocked or restricted, a right is being used excessively, or neighbours disagree about the maintenance or use of shared land.

I provide advice, draft correspondence and court documents, negotiate, and represent clients at mediation and in court.

Disputes after a death can be legally complex and deeply personal. They often concern not only what a will says, but whether it is valid, whether an estate is being administered properly and whether reasonable provision has been made for those left behind.

I advise and represent beneficiaries, executors, administrators and disappointed family members in challenges based on lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, want of knowledge and approval, improper execution and fraudulent calumny. I also deal with intestacy, the interpretation and rectification of wills, disputes over estate assets, executor delay or misconduct, estate accounts, and applications to remove or replace personal representatives.

I act in claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, including for spouses, former spouses, children, cohabitants and dependants. I represented the successful claimant at trial in Kars v Brown & Ors [2026] EWHC 31 (Fam), a former-spouse claim under the 1975 Act.

I also acted for the successful claimants during the earlier stages of the testamentary-capacity case Ginger & Ors v Mickleburgh & Ors [2026] EWHC 100 (Ch), drafting the particulars of claim and representing them at the costs and case management conference.