Southwell v. Blackburn [2014] EWCA Civ. 1347
Counsel for Appellant in landmark case regarding constructive trust/proprietary estoppel claim between cohabitees
Ashley Wynne is a specialist in financial remedy applications and associated areas.
Specilalisms
ADR relating to matrimonial finance, co-habitation disputes, financial provision for children and Inheritance Act claims – particular expertise in conducting private F.D.R. hearings and providing Early Neutral Evaluation advice.
Experience
High value financial remedy claims involving complex financial and legal issues including corporate interests, trusts and pensions;
Cohabitation disputes involving constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel;
Inheritance Act claims including those involving adult dependency claims and multiple parties.
Featured speaker at National and West Midlands FLBA Conferences
Designed and delivered advocacy training courses for specialist solicitors.
Ashley is a specialist in financial remedy applications and associated areas, including provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act and financial disputes between cohabitees under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act.
He has extensive experience of high value cases in all of the above areas at all levels, up to and including the Court of Appeal. He regularly represents high net worth and high profile individuals (including successful business people, professional sportsmen and celebrities) and their spouses. He is regularly instructed in cases involving corporate interests, trusts, farming enterprises, insolvency and pension issues.
He is one of few counsel locally, with particular experience in the conduct of claims between cohabitees based upon constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel and appeared in the Court of Appeal in 2014 in relation to a proprietary estoppel claim involving a cohabiting couple. Ashley wins praise for his meticulous preparation, his skill as an advocate and as a negotiator and his approach to client-care. He is consistently ranked in the top band as a leading junior in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.
Ashley is also qualified to accept direct access instructions.
Counsel for Appellant in landmark case regarding constructive trust/proprietary estoppel claim between cohabitees
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