Dino Sikkel
Managing Associate
I am a managing associate in the specialist dispute resolution team and have wide ranging experience in resolving disputes for both private and corporate clients.
I am calm, approachable, thorough and a consistently high performer. I keep in mind the individual needs of clients and make sure I tailor my advice to suit them.
I have been ranked as a Leading Individual and Associate to Watch in Chambers and Partners 2019 and 2020 High Net Worth guide and my team were finalists in the 2018/19 STEP Private Client awards for Contentious Trust & Estates Team of the Year (mid-size firm)
Expertise
Admitted as a solicitor in October 2014
Will, trust and estate disputes
Professional negligence
Contractual disputes
Contentious regulatory work
Mental capacity
Court of Protection
Qualifications & memberships
Associate Member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)Qualified professional adviser for the Citizens Advice Bureau
Recent articles:
- Court of Appeal Decision in Hirachand v Hirachand
- How mental health disorders are treated in the context of Will validity claims – Bereavement
- Court of Protection best interest decision for Covid 19 Patient
- Disputing a will using fraudulent calumny
- High Court case affirms Court’s position on parental obligations in 1975 Act claims
- Disputing a will – lack of knowledge and approval
- Who is an eligible claimant under the 1975 act?
- What are the intestacy rules?
- Revoking a Will
- What is testamentary capacity and when is it required?
- When is influence ‘undue’?
- 1975 Act Time Limit
- Is there a time limit to pursue a Will validity claim?
- Definition of ‘nephews and nieces’ in a Will
- Changes to the formalities for executing a Will
- Delayed marriages/civil ceremonies and the impact on succession
- Protecting yourself from cost shifting
- Litigating a Will Dispute: What if I can’t afford it?
- Court dismisses appeal in farming dispute
- Increase in Statutory Legacy
- Can we really not agree to additional time to negotiate?
- Court awards cost protection to the son of a deceased in pursuing a claim against his siblings
- ‘Promises Should be Kept’ - Court of Appeal Upholds Proprietary Estoppel Judgment
- Time limits under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
- The Impact of Marriage on a Will
- Challenging testamentary legacies
- With probate fees increasing in May, what should I do if a caveat is preventing me from taking out the grant?
- Court dismisses a wife’s claim for further financial provision from her husband’s Estate
- Relocation, Relocation, Relocation