CECIL GURNEY Wentworth

Wentworth is a solicitor and specialises in private-client matters (wills, probate, trusts, and lasting powers of attorney), both litigious and non-litigious. He is a Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Affiliate Member and has over 6 years of legal experience. Wentworth achieved a distinction in the Legal Practice Course.

He has favourably settled all disputes to date. The independent assessor who assessed Wentworth’s Period of Recognised Training (his solicitor’s apprenticeship), had the following to say in respect of his negotiation skills: ‘A key part of the litigation processes involves negotiation, and the Applicant excels in describing how he meets the negotiation outcomes.’ Wentworth also has extensive estate administration experience, including high-value and multi-jurisdictional estates.

Areas of Expertise

Wentworth specialises in the following areas of law:

• applying for grants of probate/letters of administration and administering deceased person’s estates (non-contentious probate),

• disputes regarding the administration of deceased person’s estates, disputes regarding the validity of wills and claims for reasonable financial provision from deceased person’s estates (contentious probate),

• the drafting of wills,

• the drafting of LPAs,

• tax planning, and

• trust disputes

He also has extensive experience dealing with contractual disputes and property disputes.

Qualifications

• Legal Practice Course

• Bar Professional Training Course

• Bachelor of Laws

• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with Proficiency in French, the University of Exeter