Jennifer Alderman, Solicitor, Dispute Resolution Lawyers

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Jennifer joined Brachers as a trainee solicitor in 2017 and qualified into the Dispute Resolution team in September 2019.

Jennifer specialises in all disputes and litigation concerning or connected to Wills, trusts, the estates of deceased persons and Court of Protection matters.

Jennifer is named as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the Legal 500 2024 directory.

Jennifer has worked on:
- Disputes relating to the validity of a Will or a codicil
- Claims for financial provision from an estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975
- Claims made for provision from an estate based on a lifetime promise
- Disputes between beneficiaries and trustees/personal representatives (executors), including applications to remove trustees/personal representatives (executors)
- Disputes between trustees/personal representatives/executors
- Disputes between the beneficiaries of a trust or a Will
- Disputes about the validity of transactions made during the lifetime of a person now deceased
- How to deal with, or how to make requests for information and documents (including Wills)
- Disputes about the meaning of a Will or trust document
- Claims in negligence against professionals such as Will draftsmen or those administering an estate.
- Trusts of Land Disputes and Claims brought under Section 14 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
- Contentious Court of Protection matters.
Jennifer is based at our Maidstone office.
Practice and Sector Focus:
- Dispute Resolution Solicitors
- Wills, Trusts and Probate Disputes Solicitors
Qualifications and Memberships:
- Kent Law Society
- Junior Lawyers Division
Recent Cases:
- Advising in a complex probate dispute in which it was alleged that the testator lacked testamentary capacity and did not know and approve of the terms of a Purported Will. This dispute was further complicated by the question of whether the testator and her spouse had previously made ‘mutual Wills’.
- Advising and assisting spouses and children of Deceased persons in claiming under the 1975 Act and in defending such claims.
- Assisting in resolving a probate dispute which concerned the validity of a purported copy Will in which it was necessary to provide evidence to rebut the presumption that the original had been destroyed.
- Assisting in a contested deputyship application and ensuring the appointment of an independent professional deputy and that the deputyship order contained appropriate restrictions considered to be in P’s best interests.
- Acting in a contentious trusts of land matter and rebutting the presumption of sole beneficial ownership to establish an equal beneficial interest for our client.

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Jennifer Alderman

Solicitor,

Dispute Resolution

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