Our experienced team of lawyers frequently advise clients on all aspects of estate and trust disputes
This includes:
- Challenges over Wills being signed in pressured circumstances.
- Challenges over Wills where there are concerns over capacity.
- Disputes between executors/beneficiaries/trustees or administrators.
- Lasting Power of Attorney disputes.
- Removal of executors, administrators or administrators.
- Trust disputes.
- The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.
- Unexpected contents of the Will, including ‘missing’ beneficiaries.
- Wills and their interpretation and construction.
Our team of lawyers have over 35 years combined experience and have dealt with many trust and probate disputes ranging in value and issue. The team is led by Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Rob Adam. Rob holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in Trusts Disputes and has been practising for over 20 years. The most recent Chambers & Partners UK Guide (2026) praised Rob’s work, with a referee commenting ’Rob has a vast wealth of knowledge and experience combined with a supportive empathic approach, which enables him to provide pragmatic solutions.’
Bee Belby, Senior Associate, joined Greene & Greene in 2022. Bee qualified as a Solicitor in 2016 and is known for her client-oriented and sensitive approach during what is often a stressful and emotional period for her clients. Bee marries this approach with pragmatism and an eye for detail, running her cases in a proactive and dedicated manner.
The team prides itself on not just being experts in this field, but on having an astute approach to developing successful strategies to win cases both inside and outside of the court process.
The team also works closely with our non-contentious Tax, Trusts, Wills and Probate department,. The team are consistently recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500 legal directories as one of the best in the region. They have extensive experience and expertise on the preparation of Wills and the administration of trusts and estates.
‘Expert team – effective and efficient. Practical advice, great commercial awareness.’
Legal 500 (UK) 2026‘Greene & Greene are very much in tune with the ethos of traditional values that mean so much to clients, yet their modern business acumen is exceptional in every sense. The team work as one with a deep-seated knowledge across all aspects of law. A refreshing approach with personal service as opposed to offering a generic service and a one fits all attitude that seems to have become the norm for many law firms.’
Legal 500 (UK) 2025‘Rob Adam is very good in his approach. His client care is second to none. He has a very calm manner about him and a tactical approach to his cases, and is very efficient and wonderful.’
Chambers High Net Worth (UK) 2024‘Bee Belby was extremely efficient and showed a really good understanding of the case.’
Chambers High Net Worth (UK) 2024
