Susie Foden

Associate
Susie acts on a diverse range of contentious trust and estate matters as well as Court of Protection disputes.
Susie acts on a diverse range of contentious trust and estate matters as well as Court of Protection disputes.

About

Susie joined Stevens & Bolton in 2024 having trained and qualified in 2020 at a City firm. She advises a range of clients including executors, trustees, beneficiaries, charities and attorneys.

Susie provides an empathetic and client-focused approach, delivering pragmatic advice tailored to the individual needs of her clients.

Expertise
Will, trust and estate disputes

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Acting for the executor and beneficiary of an estate in defending a claim brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 by a cohabiting partner and successfully settling the matter at mediation;
    • Acting for an executor in recovering purported lifetime gifts made by individual who lacked capacity;
    • Acting for a beneficiary to remove the Personal Representative of their mother’s estate and securing an order from 100% of the client’s costs at a final hearing;
    • Successful application to the Court of Protection to obtain declarations of a protected party’s capacity to enter into sexual relations and marriage, as well as reaching a successful settlement in respect of disputes as to where the protected party should reside and with whom he should have contact;
    • Advising a beneficiary and executor in respect of a contested application to court to prove an unsigned copy of a will;
    • Advised an executor in defending a claim regarding the beneficial ownership of an estate property under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) and successfully settling the matter at mediation;
    • Acted for the executor of the estate of an agent of a well-known comedian and writer in defending claims relating to purportedly misappropriated royalties brought by the comedian’s family.
  • Qualifications and recognition
    • Susie is a member of the Association of the Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA) and the Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA).
    • Susie has been recommended as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 in both contentious trusts and probate and in in the field of Court of Protection work.
  • Acting for the executor and beneficiary of an estate in defending a claim brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 by a cohabiting partner and successfully settling the matter at mediation;
  • Acting for an executor in recovering purported lifetime gifts made by individual who lacked capacity;
  • Acting for a beneficiary to remove the Personal Representative of their mother’s estate and securing an order from 100% of the client’s costs at a final hearing;
  • Successful application to the Court of Protection to obtain declarations of a protected party’s capacity to enter into sexual relations and marriage, as well as reaching a successful settlement in respect of disputes as to where the protected party should reside and with whom he should have contact;
  • Advising a beneficiary and executor in respect of a contested application to court to prove an unsigned copy of a will;
  • Advised an executor in defending a claim regarding the beneficial ownership of an estate property under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) and successfully settling the matter at mediation;
  • Acted for the executor of the estate of an agent of a well-known comedian and writer in defending claims relating to purportedly misappropriated royalties brought by the comedian’s family.
  • Susie is a member of the Association of the Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA) and the Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA).
  • Susie has been recommended as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 in both contentious trusts and probate and in in the field of Court of Protection work.
Susie is a brilliant Court of Protection lawyer. She is excellent with clients and extremely intelligent and efficient.
Legal 500
Excellent… performing well beyond her years.
Legal 500

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