Practice

Anna Clarke has a general Chancery practice, specialising particularly in litigation concerning:

  • contentious probate
  • administration of estates
  • breach of trust
  • constructive trusts
  • proprietary estoppel
  • family provision

 

Notable Cases

Anna's reported cases include:

  • Smith v Cooper [2010] 2 FLR 1521 (co-habitation, rebuttal of presumption of undue influence, restitution on setting aside transactions
  • Parkinson v Fawdon [2010] WTLR 79 (will construction, probate and a misdescribed executor)
  • Taylor v Wiciejowski [2009] (constructive trust, proprietary estoppel, sufficiency of assurances, reliance on promises) ( High Court, unreported)
  • Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust v Hamuth and Others [2007] WTLR 309 (disposal of dead body by person in lawful possession)

 

Publications and Lecturing

Anna is the co-author of Inheritance Act Claims: A Practical Guide (The Law Society, 2007).