During pupillage, Anneliese assisted Thomas Elias in matters including unfair prejudice petitions, claims for breaches of directors’ duties including liability for inaction, and an application to Court for guidance on the dissolution and distribution of a trust fund. She also assisted Dan McCourt Fritz KC in preparing the successful appeal establishing for the first time the limitation periods applicable to certain unfair prejudice petitions: THG plc and others v. Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 158.

Anneliese has worked (led and unled) on a wide range of domestic and off-shore private client trusts and succession-related matters including pleadings, blessing applications, interim applications and trials concerning breaches of trust, removal of executors, and interim grants of probate. Anneliese welcomes instructions in these areas and understands the human element behind many such disputes.

During pupillage in 2023, Anneliese assisted Constance McDonnell KC and George Vare in preparation for, and during, a twelve-day probate trial concerning lack of testamentary capacity and knowledge and approval, representing the successful claimants: Leonard v Leonard [2024] EWHC 321 (ChD). She also assisted Harry Martin in a contested will dispute involving claims of lack of testamentary capacity and knowledge and approval, and helped to draft advice on the merits of a claim for rectification of a trust deed (with particular focus on potential tax consequences).

Anneliese is particularly well-placed to advise on matters involving art and cultural property, because she can bring the strength and depth of her expertise in the international art market to her legal work in this area. As a Specialist in Impressionist and Modern Art at leading auction houses, Anneliese researched and catalogued artwork, collaborating with academic experts, moral right-holders, and artist’s foundations on questions of authenticity. She also worked and negotiated directly with buyers and sellers – individuals, estates, dealers, and galleries – to build numerous successful auctions in her field of specialism. 

Since becoming a tenant, Anneliese has been involved (both led and unled) in a number of disputes concerning, by way of example: art restoration, art collection management, title to artwork and delivery up claims, auction house sales; and estates comprising artistic property. Among these, she been involved in the well-publicised dispute between the Jersey Heritage Trust and Christopher Levine pertaining to the latter's holographic portrait of Her Late Majesty the Queen (for the claimants), and Ant and Dec’s application for a third party disclosure order against respondent art dealers (for the applicants).

During pupillage, Anneliese assisted Stephanie Wickenden and Harry Martin on various complex art-related matters.

Since tenancy, Anneliese has advised on, and drafted pleadings and applications for, a range of commercial matters involving construction of, and breach of contract, and claims for misrepresentation. Anneliese welcomes instructions in this area.

During pupillage, Anneliese assisted Thomas Elias and Dan McCourt Fritz KC in matters concerning construction of, and breach of, contract.

Since tenancy, Anneliese has been involved in a range of matters involving claims of fraud, cutting across contractual misrepresentation and breach of trust (express and constructive). Anneliese welcomes instructions in this area.

During pupillage Anneliese assisted Dan McCourt Fritz KC both in research and drafting for matters including claims of breach of contract, unjust enrichment, constructive trusts, and professional negligence.  

Anneliese has worked on a number of matters in this area, including an ENE concerning a common intention constructive trust between an unmarried former couple. Anneliese welcomes instructions in this area. Her experience working with high-net-worth clients in her art market career, and her representation of clients in disputes of high personal significance (whatever the sums at stake) in other practice areas leave her well-equipped to act in disputes stemming from relationship breakdown for clients from all walks of life.

During pupillage, Anneliese assisted James Weale at first instance in the financial remedy proceedings of Faraj v Ahmad and IIB Group Holdings WLL [2025] EWCA Civ 468.

Since tenancy, Anneliese acted (unled) in various IPO matters, including for the successful respondents in an appeal to the Appointed Person (BL O/0375/24) concerning an application for invalidity on the grounds of bad faith. She is currently acting (led by Stephanie Wickenden) for the claimants in Crafts Group LLC v MS Indeutsch International [2024] EWCA Civ 87. She also acted (led by Michael Edenborough KC) in Makeality Ltd v City Doggo Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 400.

Anneliese also has acted in IP/chancery cross-over matters including in respect of IP within an estate, and copyright infringement in the context of a high-profile art litigation concerning a holographic portrait of the late Queen.

Many of the matters in which Anneliese has been involved include cross-border elements and issues concerning conflicts of laws: whether probate, trusts, or contractual disputes. She has advised on the proper law of contracts and trusts, and conflicts of laws concerning the validity of the exercise of trust powers.

Anneliese has advised on and welcomes instructions in property-commercial and property-trusts crossover matters, including TOLATA, common intention constructive trusts, and proprietary estoppel claims.

Anneliese is currently acting in a number of high-value, complex trusts matters including claims of breach of fiduciary duties and Public Trustee v Cooper applications in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.