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Priya joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2023 and has established a busy Chancery practice, with a particular strength in wills, contentious trusts and probate, Court of Protection work and tax, both led and unled.

Recent and ongoing work includes:

• Acting (led by Penelope Reed KC) for a corporate trustee in a complex application under the court’s Public Trustee v Cooper jurisdiction in relation to a large employee benefit trust.
• Advising and representing both claimants and defendants in proceedings under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, including addressing claims that are brought outside of the primary limitation period.
• Representing parties in contentious probate claims, including disputes over testamentary capacity, undue influence and the removal and substitution of executors.
• Representing parties in applications for the approval of settlements on behalf of minors or persons lacking capacity.
• Advising on non-contentious private client matters, such as the interpretation of wills and drafting deeds of appointment.
• Drafting and advising in claims involving ToLATA, proprietary estoppel, and co-ownership disputes.
• Advising on equitable challenges to lifetime gifts and dispositions.
• Acting in Court of Protection property and affairs matters, including statutory will and deputyship applications.
• Advising and representing taxpayers in appeals before the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) (both led by Oliver Marre).

Before coming to the Bar, Priya worked on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. She subsequently worked in the Trusts, Estates and Inheritance Disputes team at the leading international private client firm Withers LLP.