Sheila Hamilton MacDonald is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, where she teaches on the Postgraduate Diploma in Law and SQE courses, including SQE Wills and Administration and SQE Property. She is a module leader for the LPC Private Client elective, teaching all aspects of probate practice. She is also the module leader for the SQE2 courses in Property and Wills and Administration, including drafting course materials, and has also written materials for SQE1. She practised as a Chancery barrister for 25 years, including extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious probate cases.