Cripps Harries Hall

Myles McIntosh has been resolving disputes for nearly 20 years for both individuals and businesses. He practices mainly in trust and probate disputes. In early 2011 he was appointed to the national committee of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.

Expertise

• Inheritance disputes
• Claims against estates
• Trust disputes
• Beneficiary disputes
• Health and safety
• Licensing
• Regulatory
• Personal accident
• Clinical negligence
• Transport

Memberships

• Assocn of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists
• Assocn of Personal Injury Lawyers

Career

• Partner, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 2001
• Associate, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 1999
• Solicitor, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 1995

• Respresenting a claimant who sustained serious and complex injuries arising from a road traffic accident. The claim settled for a sum in excess of £150k.
• Representing a claimant in respect of a catastrophic clinical negligence claim which has left the individual wheelchair bound. Claim is in excess of £500,000.
• Compromising a complex proprietary estoppel claim brought by a very elderly claimant seeking an interest in his partner's estate.
• Acting for a client in a complex Inheritance Act dispute requiring an application to the Probate Registry to cancel a grant of probate improperly obtained and negotiating with multi party defendants in numerous jurisdictions.
• Defending a challenge to a £2m estate involving minors and complex business assets for the children of a prominent local businessman.
• Successfully mediating a complex multi-party dispute concerning an estate valued at £6m. Claims from the parties involved promissory and proprietary estoppel, Inheritance Act claims, removal and appointment of alternative executors, rectification of Wills, claims of undue influence and off-shore asset tracing.
• Defending and compromising a complex Will dispute involving six separate parties to a £2m estate. The estate included a business and concerned a family's legacy to that business. A trial was avoided with the claimant settling for significantly less than had been sought.
• Defending a complex long running dispute involving multiple claims against an estate worth in excess of £1m. Challenging the validity of a Will, bringing an Inheritance Act claim, seeking re-constitution of an alleged destroyed Will, claiming a constructive trust and involving issues going back some 17 years giving rise to the doctrine of laches.