Liz Heads our busy Private Client Department. She is a qualified Trusts and Estates Practitioner having attained a Distinction in the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates Administration. She specialises in offering advice in relation to Wills, Probate, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorneys and Court of Protection Deputyship applications and is a member of Solicitors for the Elderly.
Liz is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). She deals with contentious probate cases, including challenges to the validity of Wills on the basis of fraud, irregularity, incapacity or undue influence, removal of Executors and Trustees and claims under the Inheritance ( Provisions for Family and Dependants) Act.
She recently represented the Claimant in the reported case of The British University in Dubai v Ebrahimi [2021] EWHC 757 (Ch) (26 March 2021), in which she successfully proved that a will, which had already been admitted to probate was a fraud ensuring that the estate was to be distributed in accordance with an earlier valid will.
Liz loves the variety that life as a Private Client lawyer brings. When she’s not working or studying, Liz loves to spend time with her husband and their young children which leaves little time for anything else!
Qualified: 2008
Studied: LLB (Hons) Law, Sheffield Hallam University graduated with First Class Honours
Nottingham Law School, LPC with Distinction
Qualifications & accreditations:
STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates Administration ( Distinction)
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialist
Full Member of Solicitors for the Elderly
Resolution trained Family mediator
Awards: Student of the Year, Nottingham Law School
WHAT CLIENTS SAY ABOUT LIZ:
I would definitely recommend Thornton Jones Solicitors! Elizabeth listened and made me feel at ease throughout the process. I could not make any suggestions on how to improve as all is first class
Brian Woodhouse
I would definitely recommend Thornton Jones Solicitors! Elizabeth listened and made me feel at ease throughout the process. I could not make any suggestions on how to improve as all is first class
Ceri Williams
