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Posted by Katie Alsop on 06 August 2014

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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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