Stephanie Kerr

Partner at Irwin Mitchell

Speaker

Stephanie helps individuals, charities and professional executors deal with the full range of contentious probate disputes across Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside. Her expertise includes Inheritance Act claims where a party claims not to have received reasonable financial provision, executor misconduct where there are allegations of delay or misuse of estate funds, trust litigation including the interpretation or variation of trusts and will challenges based on lack of capacity, undue influence and other grounds. Stephanie also deals with contested Court of Protection matters such as revocation of Lasting Powers of Attorney, statutory wills and disputed Deputyship applications.

She is a full member of ACTAPS (the Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists) and a member of ConTra, having specialised in contentious probate, inheritance disputes and trust litigation since 2011. Stephanie has been listed as Legal 500 2024 Next Generation Partner for contentious private client matters in the North-West following her listings as Rising Star in the Legal 500 UK in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2023, Stephanie was shortlisted for the L500 Northern Powerhouse Awards (Private Client Rising Star). Stephanie acted for the successful party in Equiom v Velarde and on appeal in Velarde v Velarde, representing a branch of the Littlewoods Pools family.