How Monaco Handles Family Provision Claims

Warren Bennett, a specialist in family provision claims at Monaco Solicitors, highlights the firm’s strategy to settle disputes quickly and discreetly out of court, though they are prepared to go to court if necessary.

How Monaco Handles Family Provision Claims

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My name is Warren Bennett, and at Monaco Solicitors I specialize in family provision claims, which is a will dispute claim through the deceased estate. When a client first calls, it's normally a first consultation, and at that first consultation they're very distressed, angry, very frustrated at their family members. Establishing a client and a lawyer relationship is one of the most important things you can have with a client. Number one, that they gain trust through yourself, number two, that they can always rely on you, and number three, they would have confidence in knowing that you are doing the best that you can for them. When a client thinks of court proceedings or litigation, they think it's basically going to be a never-ending painful experience that ends in a judge deciding whether or not they have their share on division. The great thing here at Monaco Solicitors is that we, as a firm, try and settle the matter discreetly and as quickly as possible out of court. When most clients have their matter settled, they are very happy normally with the process at Monaco Solicitors. They're very happy with the way we actually continually update the client on their progression of the matter, continually keep them informed of their matter, and not only that, they have a lawyer that actually returns their call very quickly if they want an update on their claim. That's what I think is the biggest difference that we have. Our No Win No Fee policy, that is a policy that we actually enact for every client that we feel that has reasonable prospects of success in a claim. If they're not successful in their family provision claim, then they don't pay anything, so in actual fact what happens is that we get paid upon successful completion of their claim or successful settlement. When I start a claim for a client, I guess in terms of my job satisfaction, I feel that when I do work hard for the client and get them what they are entitled to, I feel a great sense of overwhelming excitement. I'm very happy to... If it's a remediation that gets settled, I can see the alleviation of the client's face. I can see that they're very relieved, obviously due to the emotion. The client is very, very satisfied with the overall process of Monaco Solicitors in achieving that settlement of the claim.

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