Barny Croft joined as a partner in Birketts’ Private Wealth Disputes team in June 2025. His work covers will disputes on the grounds of lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, lack of knowledge and approval, fraud and failure to execute a will correctly; professional negligence claims; disputes concerning the lack of provision made for family and/or dependants in wills; proprietary estoppel claims; trust disputes; claims concerning the administration of estates; and advising executors and trustees in complex trusts and/or estates. He has been recognised for many years as an expert in legacy and trust disputes and is one of the leading advisers to charities in relation to legacy disputes.
In McDaniel v Talbot, the court applied the same established principles from Ilott, the leading case for claims by adult children under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Barny Croft, partner and