Nicholas Holland

Partner, Maples Group

Nicholas Holland was a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. Nick is a litigator. He primarily represents institutional trustees, private clients and their advisers as well as non-contentious lawyers in multi-jurisdictional and offshore trusts disputes.

Nick is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in British Columbia, and Ontario, as an Attorney at Law in the Cayman Islands, and as a solicitor in England and Wales. He practiced in each of those jurisdictions for a number of years.

Nick was previously Head of Contentious Trusts and Estates and Head of Banking Litigation and his team was recently awarded the STEP Contentious Trust and Estates Team of the Year (2012-2013). Nick is recognised as a leading lawyer in both Chambers and Legal 500 which lately noted that he is ”bright, affable and very good with clients” and that he is “one of the very best contentious trusts lawyers in London.”

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Public Trustee v Cooper applications

Practice notes

This Practice Note sets out the court's jurisdiction in the Public Trustee v Cooper category two applications where the trustees wish to obtain the blessing of the court for a momentous decision.

Private Client

What options are available to the current trustees of an unincorporated association who want to update the title register of the association’s property to remove the names of the deceased former trustees and have their names added as the current trustees? Although copy death certificates and grants of probate are available for the deceased trustees, the executors of the last (former) trustee to die are not willing to effect the transfer.

Q&As

Private Client