Sarah Barrett

Senior Solicitor, Dispute Resolution

Email
0118 951 6915

Location: Reading, Henley-on-Thames & Wokingham
Qualified as a solicitor: 2022

Sarah Barrett is a senior solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team and advises clients from our Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham offices, as well as remotely.

She specialises in advising clients on disputed Wills, probate and Trusts claims, on behalf of private individuals and charities.

This includes challenges to Wills based upon lack of testamentary capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence; applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; proprietary estoppel claims; and actions to remove executors and trustees.

Sarah joined Blandy & Blandy in 2025, having been at her previous firm since 2014.

How I Can Help You

Caveats (lodging Caveats and applying to remove these)
Challenging the validity of a Will based upon undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, want of knowledge and approval and/or want of due execution
Claims against executors and/or trustees for breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, etc
Claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Claims for the rectification or construction of a Will or Trust
Claims to remove and replace executors and/or trustees
Death in service benefit claims
Declarations of presumed death
Disappointed beneficiary claims
Disputes regarding burial and ashes
Disputes regarding lifetime gifts
Disputes with pension providers
Intestacy disputes
Legacy disputes
Mutual Wills cases
Property joint ownership issues
Proprietary Estoppel and Constructive trust claims
Trust disputes
Undue influence claims

Professional Memberships:
Member, The Law Society
Associate member, Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)

Education:
University of Law (Guildford), LPC and MSc Law
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Fellow (FCILEx)
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx)
STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), Certificate in Trusts and Estates