My main areas of practice are wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney and probate. I am also the firms Money Laundering Reporting Officer and give technical support to the conveyancing department.
I am the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice and undertake management and business development duties for the firm.
I have been working in this area of law since the 1990’s on the South Coast and in London.
I have drafted Wills for a range of clients such as a well-known author, business people, families with disabled children, people with foreign assets and of course ordinary families. I have worked in law for a sufficiently long period of time to recognise where there may be issues going forward in particular family circumstances and can make sure wills I draft do as much as possible to stop those issues becoming problems.
I have dealt with estates of all sizes with assets in this country and abroad, whether they have been straightforward or problematic. A small estate does not automatically mean that there will not be problems, and also the other way around! What people own and the way they work is changing, and I am pleased to be able to say that we can deal with digital assets and advise executors accordingly.
In conveyancing and land law, I have helped clients in dealing with the registration of land where the title deeds are missing, where there have been boundary queries and problems with leases.
LL.B Hons; solicitor
I have been a junior school governor for a Portsmouth school since 2009. Most of my time outside of work is absorbed by my family, camping, local history, and live music.