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Annabel Clark

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

annabel.clark@keystonelaw.co.uk

“Annabel was very helpful and provided us with information in a very complex issue we had. We did a lot of research before we decided to proceed with Keystone Law and the professionalism was a big difference from the beginning and also during our lengthy matter. Thank you Annabel once again.”

- V. Dendrinos , client

Annabel is a seasoned litigator and family practitioner with 40 years’ experience in private practice in London.

Annabel is a collaborative practitioner, a trained family mediator, and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She specialises in contentious probate, contesting wills, claims under the Inheritance Act 1975, TOLATA claims, neighbour and boundary disputes, debt recovery, dog bite cases, and pet ownership disputes.

Expertise

Annabel advises on contentious probate matters, including disputes concerning the validity of wills, intestacy, executor conduct, testamentary capacity, and undue influence.

Experience

  • Advised on a claim for the long-term partner of a deceased where two homes were kept and no will was made.
  • Advised on a dispute for a residuary beneficiary of an estate who was being sidelined by a professional executor.
  • Advised on lodging a caveat on behalf of a grandson of the deceased on the basis of lack of capacity and/or undue influence and successfully entering an appearance to a warning.
  • Advised on a claim by a sibling against a sister for undue influence and coercion of their late mother.
  • Advised an adult child living in Canada to help move forward the administration of the father’s estate in the UK.

Annabel advises on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, acting for spouses, children, and dependants seeking reasonable financial provision from an estate.

Experience

  • Advised on a claim for a widower who was married to but separated from the deceased and left no financial provision in her will.
  • Advised on claims for infant children whose parent died unexpectedly without making financial provision for them or their mother.
  • Advised on a dispute involving siblings in a blended family where the principal estate asset was the home of a second spouse.
  • Advised on a claim by an adult child who was financially dependent on a deceased parent.

Annabel advises on disputes relating to property ownership, beneficial interests, and asset protection, including declarations of trust and cohabitation-related claims.

Experience

  • Advised on a successful claim concerning a property interest by a former partner, which proceeded to the Court of Appeal.
  • Advised on a claim by a party not named on title deeds who had contributed to a property during a long-term relationship.
  • Advised on a property dispute involving a former fiancé following the cancellation of a wedding.

Annabel advises homeowners and leaseholders on boundary disputes, nuisance claims, party wall matters, and other neighbour-related conflicts.

Experience

  • Advised owners of a property on The Bishops Avenue in a boundary dispute that concluded after a five-day trial with indemnity costs awarded.
  • Advised a homeowner suffering nuisance from a neighbouring property.
  • Advised leaseholders in a dispute concerning unauthorised building works carried out by a co-leaseholder.
  • Advised the owner of a period property regarding breaches of a Party Wall Act award.
  • Advised an elderly and vulnerable homeowner affected by noise pollution and antisocial behaviour from a neighbour.

Annabel advises on disputes involving dog ownership, dangerous dog proceedings, and pet-related contractual matters.

Experience

  • Advised the owner of a dog involved in a cyclist bite incident and successfully avoided a destruction order.
  • Advised on a disputed dog ownership claim in the County Court, successfully defending a claim for the dog’s return.
  • Advised purchasers of a pedigree dog who discovered the animal was pregnant following purchase.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Annabel qualified as a solicitor in 1986. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2018, she worked at the following firm from articled clerk to senior partner:

  • Monro Wright & Wasborough (formerly Monro Pennefather & Co)