Victoria Jones - Partner

Victoria specialises in contested will and trust cases and is a member of both our Contentious Trust & Probate and Charities Teams.

Victoria represents both private clients and national charities in protecting legacies and also deals with a broad range of litigation involving estates and trusts, from claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 to those involving will validity.

• Victoria is a full member of the Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
• She is a member of the Charity Law Association
• She is named in the Citywealth Leaders List 2011 as a "leading lawyer” in the field of contentious trusts
• Recognised by the Good Lawyer Guide 2010 for outstanding legal practice

  Recent work

• Acting for 11 charities, in a dispute over the interpretation of a will and protecting the legacy from being reduced
• Representing a client in a contested will case, who faced losing her home and successfully defending the claim
• Acting for several clients, where monies had been misappropriated by the executor of an estate and recovering the assets for them

"I can only say my experience with the team and mainly Victoria Jones, was excellent. In this field of litigation emotions are so difficult, dealing with a loss……….and then facing the horrendous situation of pending litigation and all that brings to an already sad and difficult situation. I would say that no matter what the letters and problems arose there was never a time when following a telephone call, or letter from LA, that I didn't feel so much better.

I found the service efficient, advice factual and clear, but delivered with great empathy. I feel LA approach was perfectly pitched with robust, no nonsense action towards the other parties".
D Wright