Michele Caulfield

Practice Areas

• Wills, Probate & Estate Management
• Taxation & Wealth Management
• Property Law

Michele graduated from University College Cork in 2002 with an LLB Degree and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Legal Studies (BA). She qualified as a Solicitor in January 2008. She also holds a Diploma in Trust and Estate Planning from the Law Society of Ireland in conjunction with STEP and a Certificate in Taxation from the Law Society.

Since qualification, she has worked as part of the Wills, Probate & Estate Management group dealing with a wide variety of cases involving Wills, Trusts, the Administration of Estates and any related tax planning and wealth management that may arise from these matters, together with general conveyancing, probate litigation and contentious probate applications to the High Court.

Recent Cases of Note

Re: LS - This Case involved a highly contentious dispute involving the Executors of a will, the spouse and the Deceased’s children. An application was made to remove the Executor and it was necessary to seek directions from the High Court concerning the validity of the will on grounds of undue influence. This case also necessitated a Cy-Pres application before the Commissioner for Charitable Donations and Bequests.

Membership of Organisations

• Member of the Wicklow Solicitors Bar Association
• Member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners – the Professional Body for Trust and Estate Practitioners worldwide). 
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

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