8 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn London WC2A 3QP phone +44 (0) 20 7306 0102 fax +44 (0) 20 7306 0095 [email protected] www.wilberforce.co.uk Charlotte Black Call: 2006 Clerks’ Details Danny Smillie Andrew Barnes Billie Poppy +44(0) 20 7306 0102 [email protected] Qualifications and Appointments • MA Philosophy, Queens’ College, Cambridge • CPE Law, City University, Distinction • BVC, BPP Law School, Very Competent [email protected] “Up and coming junior” Chambers & Partners • Queen Mother’s Scholar, Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner and Crystal Macmillan prize winner of Middle Temple Practice Overview Charlotte is an experienced commercial and chancery practitioner, with a particular focus on property, trusts and probate litigation and related professional negligence. Within just a few years of starting practice at the Bar, Charlotte was recognised in Chambers & Partners as an “up and coming junior” in real estate litigation and praised for her “great advocacy and helpful approach”. She is a tenacious litigator, determined to bring her experience, eye to detail and clear analysis to bear on all her cases. Having spent two years working in the busy property litigation department at a leading firm of solicitors, Charlotte has a unique insight into how barristers can add value for solicitors and their clients, and this sets her apart from others. Her advice is commercial, practical and relevant. Publications • STEP Journal (March 2009) ‘Tackling Troublesome Executors’ Charlotte has worked on some leading cases of recent times, including acting for the winning landlord in the dilapidations case Sunlife Europe Ltd v Tiger Aspect Holdings Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1656 (whilst at Forsters LLP). She also acted for the winning party in Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Plc [2014] UKSC 40, largescale litigation regarding the rights of statutory sewerage undertakers to discharge into private watercourses (acted at pleading stages as junior to Jonathan Karas QC and Julian Greenhill). Charlotte is equally happy working unled or as part of a wider team. She is regularly asked to speak on matters relating to her practice, and has previously given talks to or run workshops for the Property Litigation Association, Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, Bristol Law Society and numerous firms of solicitors. 01 Charlotte Black - page 02 Call: 2006 Trusts, Tax, Probate and Estates Charlotte particularly enjoys contentious trusts and probate work. She has previously undertaken a short secondment in the contentious trusts and succession department at a leading firm of solicitors. Most of her trusts and estates work has a property angle. Her experience has included: • Acting for a charity discretionary beneficiary of a significant estate in claim under s.50 Administration of Justice Act 1985 to replace a sole professional executor (with Lawrence Cohen QC) • Advising the daughter of the deceased as to the validity of the deceased’s will and as to merits of a claim under Inheritance (Claims from Family Dependents) Act 1976. • Advising as to the merits of a claim to challenge the validity of a will on the basis of undue influence and/or want of knowledge and approval. • Advising charities entitled to a residuary estate in relation to a claim against the executors for failing to mitigate against inheritance tax liability. 02
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