Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Melanie Grose
Partner, Department Manager (Personal Disputes)
Specialist Areas
- Disputed wills
- Executor and trustee disputes
- Inheritance claims
- Negligently administered estates (including professional negligence actions)
- Negligently drafted wills (including actions for the rectification of a will where the testator’s instructions have not been followed)
- Trust disputes (including trusts of land and the failure of trustees to comply with their duties)
Qualifications and Accreditations
- Qualified as a Solicitor in 2003
- Member of Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
Additional Information
Mel specialises in handling contentious probates and, according to the Legal 500, she is “an extremely competent lawyer”. She has been recommended again in the 2017 edition.
I am extremely grateful not just for the superb work you did for my mother but also for the kindness and understanding you showed her in the process, which she truly needed!
Just want to say... I think you are incredible.
I really am so grateful for the time you took out for me, advice given and helping me look into my options - it will not be forgotten.
Thank you for everything you have kinda been a friend with our chats and emails and I would recommend you anytime.
I would like to say a very big thank you for helping us to finally sort things out so promptly and efficiently, we really do appreciate it.
Thank you for being consistently patient, considerate and for generally being there when needed. It has made the whole awful process so much easier to bear.
Your service has been 5 star and I would thoroughly recommend you to anyone I meet whilst here in Devon / Cornwall and beyond.
Could I just take this opportunity to send to you our heartfelt thanks for your amazing efforts.
You are a credit to the team at Coodes and I will have no hesitation in recommending you to my family and friends.
Your dedication and professionalism in this matter have been first class.
I would like to express my sincerest thanks to you. I am so very grateful to have you represent me over these past few, difficult months.
I would like to thank the both of you for your support and professionalism regarding my matter.
A very reasonable settlement was achieved in quite a short time which I think was down to your specialist knowledge in this particular matter.
I must congratulate you on making the process relatively easy as I was able to let you take care of everything and you kept me up to date at every stage.
From day one I felt I had the support from Coodes which was important to me as I was going through a tough time and without your help I would not have been able to the matter to rest.
The service provided by Coodes has been absolutely top class.
Melanie Grose … is clearly an extremely competent lawyer
The service provided by Coodes has been absolutely top class. Their advice was wholly appropriate explicit and totally reliable based on what is obviously a thorough comprehension and handling of the various problems that arose.
I instructed Coodes who were quite excellent.
