Planning for all stages of life
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Solicitors for setting up a trust
There are many reasons why you may want to set up a trust. For example, you may want to protect your assets to safeguard against things like marriage breakdowns. You may want to provide for vulnerable beneficiaries, to provide for future generations, or for tax reasons.
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Avoid costly mistakes with sound advice
Regardless of the complexity or value of the assets you would like to protect, you will need specialist legal advice to ensure tax-efficiency and avoid any potentially costly mistakes or future disputes.
Our trust solicitors and lawyers offer specialist advice on many areas of asset protection, including setting up trust funds, administration of trusts and estates, bare trusts, life interest and discretionary trusts. If you are an existing trustee or a beneficiary, we can also offer practical, clear guidance on your duties and obligations.
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Always understanding and non-judgmental financial legal advice
We help you to create and manage your trust with empathy and understanding, taking the time to discover what’s most important to you, and highlighting the ways to protect these.
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Legal advice and expertise you can trust
Our experience and knowledge mean that we are competent to deal with high value trusts with international elements – we have trust solicitors rated in independent legal guides Chambers High Net Worth and The Legal 500.
OUR WILLS, TRUSTS & PROBATE SERVICES
Friendly, independent, practical support - whatever your stage of life.
Estate planning and inheritance tax – where are we now?
With two major Budgets, concessions and U-turns behind us, the key question for individuals and families is: where does estate planning and inheritance tax stand? When Rachel Reeves stood up…
Simon Cook LLB (Hons), TEP
Partner
Appointing an executor, trustee, deputy or attorney with Willans Trust Corporation
Whether you’re looking to create a will, set up a trust or get your business affairs in order, appointing a professional to act as an executor, trustee, deputy or attorney…
Willans
Solicitors
The legal limits of informal promises in farming and family businesses
When discussing succession, can you rely on informal promises in farming and family businesses? Our inheritance & trusts disputes experts examine a recent case to find out. In Maile &…
Claire Cox LLB
Partner
