Philip Youdan
Partner
I specialise in resolving disputes concerning money and other assets left on trust or under the terms of a will and in contentious regulatory work.
My experience and my calm and methodical approach allow me to understand my clients and their objectives. I like to tailor solutions to address their needs, offering clear, pragmatic and commercial advice.
I enjoy the challenge of negotiating an outstanding result, even when the circumstances may seem that an agreement would not be possible.
Expertise
Trust, estate and will disputes:
Challenging the validity of a will
Trust and trustee disputes
Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Disputes with Executors.
Regulatory:
Advising on health and safety and environmental law
Defending prosecutions in the Magistrates and Crown Court
Representing clients being interviewed under caution
Advising transport companies regarding their operator licenses and in relation to Public Inquiries
Qualifications & memberships
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate SpecialistsRecent articles I've written:
- Powers of Entry under the Food Safety Act 1990
- Focus on Corporate Manslaughter
- Can a Will be executed if a person loses capacity after giving instructions to a solicitor but before signing?
- Investigations into a Lasting Power of Attorney's decisions
- Claiming part of an estranged spouse’s inheritance
- Inheriting when bankrupt
- Appointment of new litigation friend
- Charities: the health & safety aspects of running fundraising events
- Claiming part of an estranged spouse’s inheritance
- What happens if a Will is not properly witnessed?
- Can an adoptive child make a claim under the Inheritance Act?
- I’m a beneficiary – do I have any rights to financial information about the estate?
- Can you claim an inheritance from your sibling?
- Keeping it clean – hygiene in the workplace
- Court refuses wife permission to claim part of husband’s estate
- Aggrieved mistress takes grieving widow to Court after her lovechild was excluded from rich businessman’s Will
- Disputed Will fails due to poisoned mind - fraudulent calumny
- Can Grandchildren contest a Will?
- Inheritance disputes increase in number
- Who can decide what to do with someone’s ashes?
- Disputes with Executors – can you remove or replace a problem Executor?
- Sons battle step-father over late mother's estate
- Forged Will 'found' in Doritos packet
- Downton Abbey-esque inheritance saga: reality is more complex still
- Son Jailed For Forging Own Mother's Will
- I suspect someone was unduly influenced when they wrote their Will – what can I do?
- Promissory estoppel and revoking a promise of a post-death gift
- We are in disagreement about chattels forming part of a deceased’s estate – what can I do?
- How does the court value a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975?
- Spouse's right to claim under the Inheritance Act does not survive for the benefit of their estate (High Court) by Practical Law Private Client
- Will I incur costs if I bring a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975?
- I think someone lacked capacity when they made their Will – what can I do?
- Funeral Arrangements - what if the person dies in England or Wales but lives (‘is domiciled’) elsewhere?
- Funeral Arrangements - who has the right to decide?
- Funeral Arrangements - the deceased's wishes and scientific research or organ donation
- Funeral Arrangements - what happens if you cannot agree?
- Cripps’s Trust, Estate and Will Dispute team recognised as “exceptional”
- Obtaining information about a disputed Will
- A warning for cohabiting couples…
- Disputing the Will of someone based abroad
- The role of the STEP Code for Will Preparation when disputing a Will
- What are my duties as an Executor?
- Can I bring a claim under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 as the deceased's dependant?
- Can I bring a claim under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 if I was cohabiting with the deceased?
- Can I bring a claim under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 as a child of the deceased?
- News update: Dementia Awareness Week
- Can I bring a claim under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 as the spouse of the deceased?
- What are the time limits for a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975?
- Who can apply for an order under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975?
- When can I make a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975?
- When might a conflict of interest arise between an Executor and a beneficiary?
- What are the requirements for a valid Will?
- Caveats: what, why and how?
- Corporate Manslaughter
- Corporate Manslaughter
- Legacy disputes
- Corporate Manslaughter: Cotswold Geotechnical (Holdings) Ltd
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005
- The Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010
- Protecting the jointly owned home from a Trustee in Bankruptcy