Trust & Estate Disputes

James has very wide-ranging experience of contentious and non-contentious applications and proceedings relating to trusts and estates. James’s work includes making and or advising in relation to the following proceedings and/or issues: –

• Beddoe proceedings;
• breach of trust/duty proceedings (prosecuting and defending);
• disclosure/accounting applications;
• construction/interpretation applications;
• estate administration applications;
• fee disputes;
• Hastings Bass and mistake applications;
• insolvent trusts;
• prospective costs orders;
• Public Trustee v Cooper approval/blessing applications;
• rectification applications;
• trustee removal applications;
• trustee’s entitlement to security;
• variation applications.

Recent experience ranges from freezing a trust fund and removing the recalcitrant trustee to acting for beneficiaries in relation to the re-structuring of a significant trust where the relationship between key beneficiaries and the trustee had broken down.

What others say about us

"James Dickinson is an excellent advocate who is sought after for expertise in trusts litigation, asset recovery, estates matters and fraud. He is described by one source as a clever guy who really thinks outside the box.”
Chambers & Partners
"James Dickinson is described by market sources as a master of complex material. He is frequently called upon to represent private clients in trust litigation."
Chambers & Partners
“…Not afraid to get stuck in and robust on his feet. Extremely thorough in his preparations and devastatingly effective in court..."
Legal 500