26 July 2012 - Article
Alice Tomlin
Senior associate | London
Alice is a senior associate in our trust, estate and inheritance disputes team.
She acts for charities, private individuals and institutions in relation to all aspects of contentious trust and succession disputes, with a particular focus on Court of Protection matters.
She advises on a range of issues that come within the Court of Protection’s jurisdiction, including statutory will applications, lifetime gifts and matters concerning the operation of attorneyships and deputyships.
She is an active member of the elder law team.
She also advises on all aspects of the validity of wills, including claims of undue influence to disputed capacity, and actions brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and issues of construction and rectification.
Alice is recommended by Legal 500 in the area of Private Client and Court of Protection.
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Alice and Paul Hewitt acted for Sightsavers under its formal name in the decision on appeal of Sir Anthony Mann Beasant v Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind [2022]. The charity, acting as representative for twenty other charities, was defending its success in Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind v Beasant and others [2021], an application to determine that a legacy expressed to be equal to the maximum passing free of tax has a nil value where there are already gifts to non-exempt beneficiaries exceeding the tax free element. Click here to read our briefing note on the case and click here to read the Appeal and here to read the original Judgment.
England and Wales, 2012
The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
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- English
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Joined
2010
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Education
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- English
Dates
Joined
2010
