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Annabel Clark

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

annabel.clark@keystonelaw.co.uk

“Annabel Clark was outstanding. Annabel was responsive, proactive, respectful to my mother and above all totally professional. She was calm and sensible in her dealings with a rude and aggressive lawyer on the other side. Thanks to Annabel’s advice we were able to achieve our objective and conclude the matter with a court approved settlement following mediation. ”

- Emjay, client

Annabel is a very experienced litigator and family practitioner  dealing with dispute resolution cases across a wide range of areas for almost 40 years. Now specialising in contested probate, trust and estate disputes, 1975 Inheritance Act claims, and validity of wills, she acts predominantly for individuals and families in times of crisis.

Annabel is a collaborative practitioner, a trained family mediator, and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, which gives her the tools and specialised skill set needed to successfully resolve a wide range of disputes. These include neighbour disputes (boundary, party wall etc.), debts, breach of contract claims, landlord and tenant disputes, as well as family disputes (including contested probates and Inheritance Act claims).

Earlier in her career, she was on the Personal Injury Panel for The Law Society, successfully settling many claims, particularly for motorcyclists. More recently, she has successfully resolved several dog bite cases and also “custody” disputes over pets.

Expertise

Annabel advises on prenuptial agreements, cohabitation, and trust deeds, and resolves disputes involving families, estates, partners, and neighbours.

Experience

  • Successful in the Court of Appeal in a co-habitation dispute and numerous other cohabitation and TOLATA claims.
  • Advised on many divorces and financial arrangements, including variation of maintenance payments.
  • Advised on various dog “custody” disputes including successfully defending a claim brought in the County Court.

Annabel handles complex probate disputes, including advising on contested wills, 1975 Inheritance Act claims, and Court of Protection matters.

Experience

  • Resolved many family disputes involving distribution of estates.
  • Advised on numerous claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act, including infant children, adult children, elderly widows and widowers, as well as cohabitees of the deceased.
  • Acted in Court of Protection matters and advised vulnerable adults/young people.
  • Acted in a multimillion-pound award for children who had suffered life-changing injuries in a road traffic accident in 2000 and acted as their Receiver thereafter.

Annabel advises on residential property disputes, including landlord and tenant issues, breaches of covenant, nuisance, boundary and neighbour conflicts, and matters under the Party Wall Act.

Experience

  • Advised on numerous neighbour disputes, including Party Wall Act issues and boundaries
  • Won a hard-fought boundary dispute for long-standing clients in The Bishops Avenue after 5 days in the RCJ with indemnity costs.
  • Advised both landlords and tenants and management companies in disputes, including for a northwest London housing association (landlord and tenants in a large listed block in Westminster) as well as individuals.

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)