Mike Muston
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 2 : Private Wealth Disputes
Band 2
About
Provided by Mike Muston
Practice Areas
Mike is a Partner in RWK Goodman’s dedicated Contested Wills, Trusts & Inheritance Disputes team.
Mike has helped many clients with issues relating to Will disputes, claims for financial provision, disputes between executors and disputes between attorneys in the Court of Protection. He is focused on providing practical solutions to help clients through difficult situations.
Mike is ranked as an ‘Up and Coming Partner’ by the Chambers High Net Worth Guide and is also recommended by the Legal 500.
A barrister states: “He is extremely good and is building up a formidable practice.” A client says: “He is understanding and easy to communicate with, and I feel assured he will do his utmost for us.” Chambers High New Worth Guide
Mike’s experience includes:
Challenges to the validity of Wills, including issues of capacity, undue Influence, execution, lack of knowledge and approval
Court of Protection disputes
Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Proprietary Estoppel and Constructive Trusts
Acting for charities in defending inheritance disputes
Disputes over the administration of estates
Mike has also contributed articles to the well renowned Trusts & Estates Law and Tax Journal
Professional Memberships
Full Member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
Full Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Mike Muston handles contentious probate and contentious trusts, proprietary estoppel claims, and applications to the Court of Protection in mental capacity matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mike Muston is analytical and very calm."
"Mike is a talented lawyer and is sound, pragmatic, not unduly aggressive and gets the best deal for the client."
"Mike is very straightforward, very level-headed, very sensible, and has an excellent practical sense of where a case is going and how it gets resolved without focusing on every single point."
"Mike Muston is analytical and very calm."
"Mike is a talented lawyer and is sound, pragmatic, not unduly aggressive and gets the best deal for the client."
"Mike is very straightforward, very level-headed, very sensible, and has an excellent practical sense of where a case is going and how it gets resolved without focusing on every single point."