Profile
Simon Cook LLB (Hons), TEP
Partner
I am a partner and head of the firm’s highly-regarded wills, trusts & probate team.
With 25 years’ experience in the field, I specialise in complex estate and tax planning, lifetime trusts and vulnerable beneficiaries, and the creation and administration of personal injury trusts.
I am rated in independent legal guides The Legal 500 and Chambers High Net Worth.
Click here to listen to my recent interview on Radio Winchcombe online, covering issues around capacity and lasting powers of attorney.
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Willans supports Dementia Action Week 2019
Willans is proud to help promote Dementia Action Week (formerly Dementia Awareness Week), which runs from 20-26 May this year. This national campaign week is supported by the Alzheimer’s Society, which…
Report warns of impending ‘incapacity crisis’
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