Mandeep Chima

Principal Associate

E: mandeep.chima@rothleylaw.com

T: 033 0016 9185 / 07703 889 001

Accreditations

Associate to watch 2023 Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Disputes 1 year

Mandeep is based in our Reading office but acts for clients nationally and internationally. She qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and is a member of the Institute for Legacy Management (ILM).

As part of our Disputed Wills and Trusts team, Mandeep acts for claimants, defendants, and executors in a wide range of disputes. Her areas of expertise include challenges to the validity of a Will, claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975, professional negligence arising out of negligent Will drafting or Estate administration, rectification and construction claims, removal of executors, Trust disputes, and proprietary estoppel claims.

Professional highlights:

  • Acting for a claimant in a multi-million-pound dispute in a proprietary estoppel claim involving a family farm.
  • Acting for a beneficiary of a multi-million-pound family Trust where there was a dispute between the beneficiaries and trustees regarding the administration of the Trust and maintenance of Trust property.
  • Acting for a claimant in a rectification claim where the Will failed to give effect to the testatrix’s intentions.
  • Acting for a claimant in the removal of an executor of her late father’s Estate.
  • Defending a claim for reasonable financial provision being made by a cohabitee.
  • Acting for an adult child in a claim for reasonable financial provision.
  • Acting for a claimant in a professional negligence claim arising out of the negligent administration of a Trust.
  • Acting for a claimant challenging the validity of her late mother’s Will on the grounds of undue influence.