Trust Litigation Symposium Confirmed Speakers

Dawn is the head of the Contentious Trust and Succession Group awarded the Contentious Trust & Estates Team of the Year - STEP Private Client Awards 2007/08 and consistently top rated in directories.  Dawn has a wealth of experience in advising asset holders, trustees, protectors, personal representatives and other fiduciaries, heirs, charities and beneficiaries generally as well as creditors or other adverse claimants who are involved in a dispute or potential dispute, whether domestic or multi jurisdictional.  Dawn's work ranges from advising on creation of robust structures to trying to defuse problem issues and constructive litigation through to the most hostile litigation involving trusts, foundations, succession, divorce, professional negligence and fraud.

Shân Warnock-Smith Q.C. of 5 Stone Buildings is an adviser and litigator in the whole range of trust and private client matters both onshore and offshore. She has a particular interest in wealth structuring for international families. Shân is at the forefront of developments in the trusts and estates field and has appeared for trustees and beneficiaries in many important and sensitive cases concerning breach of trust, reconstructions and applications for directions by trustees, particularly those concerning the sale of underlying family companies. Shân is also an accredited mediator, specialising in the mediation of trust and estate disputes.