Caroline Emslie Senior Associate

Caroline is a senior associate in the firm's dispute resolution team. Caroline advises on a broad range of contentious matters, with an emphasis on disputes relating to trusts, wills, tax planning and the administration of estates. Caroline also advises on professional negligence disputes relating to wills, trusts, tax and occupational pension schemes (both single and multi-employer).

Caroline regularly advises on both domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes. She acts for a broad range of clients, including high net worth individuals, personal representatives and trustees.

Caroline is recognised in the Legal 500 as a ‘rising star’.

• Advising trustees and administrators on their duties and responsibilities, and advising individuals on their rights as beneficiaries of trusts.
• Advising on claims for breach of trust, Public Trustee v Cooper applications and issues arising in relation to insolvent trusts.
• Advising trustees on applications to Court for directions, variation of trusts and the approval of compromises.
• Advising on applications to contest the jurisdiction of the English Court.
• Advising trustees and individuals in relation to claims made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
• Advising on will disputes involving capacity issues and undue influence.
• Advising on proprietary estoppel claims.
• Advising on will, trust, tax and pensions related professional negligence claims.