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Posted by Katie Alsop on 06 February 2020

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Katie Alsop

Partner & Head of Disputes Group

Katie specialises in contested wills, proprietary estoppel, disputed estates involving farms and Inheritance Act claims.

Katie Alsop

Katie specialises in contested wills, proprietary estoppel, disputed estates involving farms and Inheritance Act claims.

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