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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.
Payback time: New OTS report could spark higher CGT liabilities for taxpayers
What can be said about 2020? Terms such as pandemic, lockdown, social distancing and furlough became commonplace. We’ve all had to drastically change the way we live and work this…
Wills Act changes allow video witnessing : a much-needed update, or risky business?
Changes to the Wills Act are set to allow video witnessing of wills in some circumstances. But while bringing the law up-to-date with today’s lifestyle is no bad thing, hastily-made…
Where there’s a will, there’s a way…
Traditionally, the practice of making a will or lasting powers of attorney has been somewhat ‘hands-on’, involving face-to-face meetings, signatures in the presence of witnesses, and so on. The coronavirus…