Daniel Edwards
Partner
daniel.edwards@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2533
Daniel leads the Browne Jacobson Inheritance and Trusts Disputes team, which works closely with the firm’s private client team. He has over a decade of experience in dealing with the full range of disputes that might arise in relation to the assets of private individuals.
Daniel’s approach is always a pragmatic one. He prides himself on getting to the heart of an issue in a cost effective manner, and avoiding “legal jargon” in his dealings with his clients.
He has particular experience in post-death disputes involving family businesses, especially farming partnerships. A lot of his work has a property element, whether involving large amounts of agricultural land, or disputed interests in property.
Whilst the work he does typically occurs after a bereavement, he is often asked to either give pre-emptive advice, or to assist in relation to issues that might arise with “life-time trusts”.
Disputes that arise after somebody’s death are often multi-faceted; Daniel is able to draw on a significant breadth of professional experience to successfully handle such disputes.
Featured experience
Estoppel
A five day trial relating to a promise that a property, the clients’ home, would be transferred to them by one party’s parents in return for them doing some associated building works.
Life-time gift challenge
Successfully defending a challenge to a life-time gift of a million pound property
Fraudulent Will claim
Defending a challenge to a Will based on allegations that witnesses did not sign in the presence of the testator, and fraudulently added their signatures post-death.
Dispute over who should be Executors
Successfully applying for replacement professional personal representatives at a contested hearing. Securing the clients a hand in the administration of their son’s estate, and the Trust that resulted for their grandchild.
Testimonial
“He’s clever, practical, client focussed and has great judgment – everything you’d want”
