Paul Hewitt

Withers LLP

16 Old Bailey
London
UK
EC4M 7EG
020 7597 6197
paul.hewitt@withersworldwide.com

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London (Firms)
Charities (Band 2)
London (Firms)
Private Client: Contentious Trusts (Band 2)

Profile

Practice Areas: Partner in the firm's Contentious Trust and Succession Group. Specialises in succession disputes; trust litigation; contentious and cross-border Court of Protection; professional negligence claims arising out of wealth planning. Heads the firm's work for charities on legacy income.

Professional Memberships: Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS); Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); Charity Law Association; Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE); Law Society Private Client Section; International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).

Career: Qualified 1997: Tuck & Mann (now Triggs Wilkinson Mann) 1997-98; joined Withers 1998; Partner at Withers 2003.

Publications: Co-author: 'Inheritance Act Claims', Law Society; co-author: 'Probate Disputes and Remedies', Jordans; author: Legacies chapter, Tolley's Charities Manual; contributor to various LNTV programmes; contributor to Practical Will Precedents and McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax.