Farhan Asghar

I routinely advise on challenges to wills and inheretance claims. I also have a wide-ranging property practice which encompasses all apects of real property litigation and advice. My practice routinely involves parties or properties in foreign jurisdcitions and so I am able to help where foriegn assets may be involved.

Some of the types of cases I have experience in include co-ownership and ToLATA claims; probate disputes; trust disputes;charitable trusts;disputes as to the substantial and procedural validity of wills;wordlwide freezing orders;enforcement of foreign judgments;applications for the removal of executors and trustees;breach of trust/breach of fiduciary duty claims;estoppel claims;undue influence claims;charging orders and orders for sale;claims involving overseas properties;challenging costs decisions either on appeal or at detailed assessment proceedings.

Some of the recent cases I have worked on include:

Ullah v Ullah 2023 EWHC 3313 KB – I acted for the successful appellant in an appeal in a large multi-million-pound claim involving complex claims for breach of trust, dishonest assistance, and self-dealing. I was able to set aside an order striking out the claim and refusing permission to amend the particulars of claim, with the claim being restored, permission to amend granted and the matter remitted back for trial. 

Din v Aslam PT-2019-0008843 - Instructed in respect of a claim for delivery up of estate assets from a personal represenatative, where a freezing order was also granted due to a risk of dissipation with the Defendant being in a foreign jurisdiction. 

NF v SF - Currently instructed on a claim for an equitable interest in a property, where there was a verbal agreement between a mother and son for the beneficial interest in the property to pass to the son if he paid off the mortgage.

SK V HM - GPT-2020-000663 - Instructed in respect of an estate worth over £10 million, with a  challenge to the validity of 4 wills due to concerns of undue influence.