Ashley Blood-Halvorsen

Cases include:

• Obtaining a freezing injunction in relation to monies arising out of a sale of a trust property.
• Drafting a particulars of claim regarding breach of trust in the sale of a property from an estate.
• Advising on and appearing in hearings for the removal of trustees and executors.
• Providing advice regarding a beneficiaries entitlement to commence possession proceedings regarding a residential property.
• Advising executors regarding potential inheritance act claims and claims of historic devastavit with limitation elements.
• Advising claimants regarding inheritance act claims by:
• Adult children and those who were maintained by the deceased;
• Cohabitees of the deceased;
• Spouses of a polygamous marriage entered into outside of England and Wales.

She has given talks regarding:

• ‘DIY Will Drafting and Digital Assets – what can go wrong?’ in connection with STEP East Midlands
• ‘The cost of dying - litigation costs in Probate and Inheritance Act claims’

She can provide quantum advices for infant settlement hearings when a compromise has been made on behalf of minor children in Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims.

Cases include:

Re Estate of GB

Advised, and drafted particulars of claim regarding a breach of trust, fiduciary duty, devastavit and fraud of an executor. Ashley subsequently successfully represented the Claimants in a summary judgment application in the High Court.

Re Estate of JC

Part 8 proceedings regarding the construction of a clause in a will and whether or not a trust is properly constituted.

Re Estate of EJ

Advising an executor regarding potential claims on the estate from a beneficiary in Australia.

Re Estate of MS

Advising an executor regarding a 1975 claim from a polygamous wife with a severely disabled child.

Re Estate of KS

Representing the adult child who was maintained by the deceased in 1975 proceedings. Successfully resisted a strike out application in the High Court.

Re Estate of PB

Advised in a 1975 claim involving a cohabitee and a separated spouse. Questions over what formed part of the net estate.

Re Estate of PS

Advising in a 1975 claim involving a cohabitee who has a legal interest in the joint property. Dispute about whether the applicant is entitled to a life interest.

She is willing to consider matters on a Conditional Fee Arrangement in appropriate cases. Ashley also routinely appears in mediations for her clients.