Introduction

Planning for the future is becoming increasingly important given the world in which we live. More and more people are seeing the need to have wills, powers of attorney and to take specialist advice on those areas which can have huge financial impact, such as planning for long term care.

We are a forward thinking team with a wealth of experience in all aspects of this complex area of law. We have solicitors with the highly accredited STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) qualification, together with members of the Probate Section of the Law Society.

We provide private client services to individuals from all walks of life, worldwide, in a friendly, efficient and cost conscious manner.

Services:

• Wills
• Powers of attorney
• Probate and administration of estates
• Inheritance tax planning
• Creation of trusts
• Trust administration
• Mental capacity issues
• Court of Protection
• Living wills
• Wealth management and Tax planning comprising:-
  • Residential/Nursing care issues
  • Planning for pensions
  • Planning for death in service payments
  • Life assurance trusts
  • Asset preservation

Please see the links on the left to see more detailed information on some of these areas. For all enquiries concerning this area of law please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Wills, Trusts and Probate team or the Wealth Management and Tax Planning team.

Greg Baker, Joanna Scales and Jo Wild are members of the National Association of "Solicitors for the Elderly" (SFE). SFE is an association of lawyers who specialise in legal services for older people and their carers. They all have a wealth of experience in this area and spend a considerable amount of their time working for elderly clients. The aim of SFE is to improve the knowledge and service provided on legal issues including tax planning, wills, powers of attorney, long term social and health care and other retirement issues.