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Professional Biography

Caroline advises on a wide range of trust and estate disputes, both onshore and offshore. She has extensive experience acting in multijurisdictional trust disputes involving breach of trust, beneficiary rights of information and jurisdictional issues. Caroline has particular experience advising on issues of trust law arising in the context of divorce proceedings and has developed a strong reputation in this field, which often includes issue of rights of information and asset tracing. In addition, Caroline is often instructed to represent parties in multi-party trust applications to Court involving variations, agreed compromises or blessings of the exercise of trustee powers, and has acted in a number of such applications involving very substantial trust fortunes both onshore and offshore. Caroline also advises on the full range of probate disputes, 1975 Act claims and issues relating to capacity whether in the context of such claims or in the Court of Protection.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Japanese

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Work hard

What was your first job?

English as a foreign language teacher

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

The Velveteen Rabbit

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Tougher market