Emily Peacock

I am a solicitor specialising in contested wills, trusts and estates.

I advise clients on a range of private wealth disputes, specialising in:

• will validity disputes;
• claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975;
• disputes involving executors and trustees;
• claims for equitable relief under proprietary estoppel; and
• general estate disputes such as insolvent estates and asset title tracing.

I have experience advising clients on high value, cross border disputes and claims issued in court.

I strive to build strong, supportive relationships with our clients, at a time where they are often bereaved and aggrieved.

Outside of work I enjoy watching motorsports and playing golf.

I have been a lawyer in the private client sector since October 2020 and qualified as a solicitor in a UK top 100 law firm in March 2023. I joined the Disputed Wills and Trusts Team at Michelmores in March 2023.

Recent experience

Acting on a high value cross border private wealth dispute, involving disputes surrounding will validity, will revocation and domicile.

Advising on a will validity dispute involving multiple wills, on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence and fraudulent calumny.

Advising an adult child claimant in a claim for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 on a high value estate.

Acting on behalf of charity beneficiaries in complying with their statutory duties in relation to their entitlement in estates.