Amy Benest [was] completely on top of all aspects of the case, addressing points of potential difficulty with calm scrutiny and appropriately understating stronger arguments.

Legal 500 UK 2025

Experience

Amy Benest is a Partner in the Jersey office.  She is a Jersey Advocate and an English Solicitor, who joined Baker and Partners in March 2023. Amy undertakes all aspects of commercial and trusts litigation.

Amy has extensive experience working on a number of high-profile trusts cases, concerning protector powers, trustee disclosure, beneficiaries’ rights and challenges to trustees’ decisions. Before joining Baker and Partners, Amy worked at a full-service law firm in Jersey for 10 years, and before that in the city in London.

Amy is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust & Estate Practitioners.