Lewis qualified as a Solicitor in 2009 and joined Nelsons in December 2017. He specialises in Court of Protection disputes and inheritance disputes but also has a wide experience of commercial and civil litigation.
Areas of Expertise
- Court of Protection disputes
- Disputes over deputyship orders
- Claims concerning property and finances
- Deprivation of liberty claims involving families and local authorities
- Contentious probate litigation
- Disputing Wills – undue influence, lack of capacity, lack of knowledge and approval, forgery, fraud and mistake
- Disputes between attorneys
- Contested deputyship orders
- Deprivation of liberty claims
- Dealing with the Office of the Public Guardian
- Inheritance Act claims – for claimant and defendant
- Trusts claims
- Disputes between executors and beneficiaries and disagreements between executors
- Beneficial interests and estoppel
- Insolvent estates and asset recovery
- General commercial and civil litigation
- Breach of contract claims and sale of goods
- Company disputes
- Hire agreements and disputes over motor vehicles
Professional Information
- Member of Chartered Institute of Credit Management
- Member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
- Former President of Leicestershire Junior Lawyers’ Division
- Recommended by the Legal 500 as a Rising Star Lawyer for Contentious Trusts and Probate work
“Lewis Hastie is a really competent and reliable solicitor, who prepares his cases well and thinks about the strengths, weaknesses, desired outcomes, and pulls out the stops to achieve what the client wants. He does a range of legally complex cases.”
– Client Feedback