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Richard Preston, Principal Family Clerk, 020 7421 5300
Profile
Gerald Wilson principally deals with family financial disputes. His practice focuses on:
- Ancillary relief in both marriage and civil partnership
- Trusts of land
- Inheritance Act claims and probate
- Claims under the Children Act, Schedule 1
He regularly appears in both Family and Chancery courts. He is equally at home with family and civil procedure and is happy to guide solicitors unfamiliar with either procedure.
He also acts in private law children cases, particularly in respect of same-sex couples.
Gerald regularly gives talks on civil partnership and trusts of land, particularly for Central Law Training.
Experience
Family
Ancillary Relief
Gerald has experience in all aspects of ancillary relief, from modest cases requiring imaginative solutions to the more technical problems of high value cases involving business valuations, family trusts, assets abroad, Self Invested Personal Pensions or tax liabilities. He often deals with the rights of creditors and other the third parties in ancillary relief, e.g. acting for and against mortgagees; other family members; cases involving bankruptcy.
Same sex cases
Gerald has particular experience working on cases involving same sex couples and homosexual parents:
Civil partnership dissolution
Trusts of land and Schedule 1 claims
Residence and Contact
Adoption and Surrogacy
Human Rights Law, both in litigation and in lobbying government
Gerald also has considerable experience working on cases involving:
Cohabitants’ disputes over their homes, buy-to-let portfolios, business partnerships, cohabitation agreements and Schedule 1 claims.
Inheritance Act and probate claims – and even several cases of donatio mortis causa.
Acting for the Official Solicitor in disputes on behalf of patients and children
Significant Cases
Sutton v Mishcon de Reya and Gawor & Co [2004] 1 FLR 837
Enforceability of cohabitation agreements
Robinson v Fernsby [2003] EWCA Civ 1820 [2004] WTLR 257
Reconsideration of judgments after circulation
Robinson v Bird [2003] W&TR 529
Inheritance Act – inter vivos gifts
Y v Y (unreported) [2003]
Transfer of tenancies: Government agreed to amend statute avoid declaration of incompatibility
Le Foe v. Le Foe & Woolwich plc [2001] 2 FLR 970
Quantum of constructive trust
Gereis v. Yacoub [1997] 1 FLR 854
Validity of marriage
Publications
Co-author, Civil Partnership: The New Law 2005 (Jordan Publishing)
Memberships
Member, Family Law Bar Association
Member, Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association
Qualifications
MA (Oxon)
Dip Law (City)
Directory Quotes
Gerald Wilson is listed as a leading Family Junior in the Legal 500 2008 and 2009.
Gerald Wilson 'comes highly recommended for cases involving civil partnership issues'
Legal 500 2008
Gerald is listed as an expert in Family in Legal Experts 2008, 2009 and 2010.