Katherine Pymont

Katherine joined Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team in September 2012. She has a broad spectrum of litigation experience with particular expertise in Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes. Katherine had a previous career in the media. She trained at Kingsley Napley LLP. 

Katherine’s experience in the field of Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes includes challenging the validity of wills (including claims for lack of testamentary capacity, want of knowledge and approval, fraud, forgery and undue influence), claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, removal of executors and trustees, breach of trust claims, fraud cases involving trust structures and professional negligence claims relating to wills and trusts. She also works in Court of Protection matters including the appointment and removal of deputies and acting on behalf of deputies in seeking to recover misappropriated assets.

Katherine’s broader litigation experience encompasses contractual disputes, professional negligence claims, civil fraud cases, harassment and reputation management. She also frequently acts for claimants in obtaining injunctive relief and for defendants in opposing or discharging injunctions. Notably, Katherine acted for Genting Casinos in the landmark Supreme Court win against Phil Ivey in which the longstanding criminal legal test for dishonesty was overturned and for the Financial Conduct Authority in successfully defending proceedings challenging Russian sanctions  in both the Administrative Court and the European Court of Justice.

Katherine is a regular contributor of written content to both mainstream and specialist publications, particularly in the field of Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes including Today’s Wills and Probate (monthly contributor), Spears Magazine, The Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal, the ACTAPS Newsletter, Charity Times and Wealthbriefing, She is the author of the Westlaw guidance on removal of trustees.

Katherine is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and an affiliate of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She obtained a distinction in the STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes and is recommended in the Legal 500 in the field of Contentious Trusts and Probate.

Areas of Experience

• Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes;
• Court of Protection;
• Civil fraud;
• Commercial and Contract Disputes;
• Corporate & Internal Investigations;
• Professional Negligence;
• Harassment; and
• Injunctions.

Recent experience

• Acting for beneficiaries and personal representatives in a range of inheritance and probate claims, including cases where wills have been challenged on the grounds of forgery, incapacity or undue influence or because they have not been validly executed and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975;
• Acting on behalf of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to various proceedings pursued by the Claimants to challenge the Law Society’s intervention into their practices;
• Acting for clients obtaining or opposing freezing injunctions;
• Acting in professional negligence claim against a mortgage broker and an accountant;
• Acting for a client defending a claim for negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Acting in a broad cross range of contractual disputes;
• Acting for a number of high profile clients in the media, sport and entertainment industry, including advising on defamation, harassment and privacy law.

Press and articles

• The Inheritance (Provision For Family And Dependants) Act 1975, Today's Wills and Probate

• Britain’s secret charity cheats: the questions your charity should be asking, charitytimes

• 1975 Act Claims: Dead end, Law Journals

Professional societies and memberships

• AIJA
• London Solicitors Litigation Association
• Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association
• Law Society
• Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA)
• The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) 

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