Naomi O'Higgins

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Naomi O’Higgins is the head of trusts and estate disputes at Howard Kennedy. She specialises in helping HNW clients with a variety of different issues, including breach of trust claims and beneficiary disputes. 

O’Higgins is an expert when it comes to litigation with cross-border elements. She has significant experience working alongside lawyers in offshore jurisdictions – including the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Switzerland – and is well versed in Court of Protection work.

She often advises on inheritance disputes, which involves challenging wills and the removal of executors. 

O’Higgins is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is dual qualified, having been admitted in Ireland in 2017.