Expertise

Specialises in domestic and international estate and tax planning for individuals including trusts, wills and related schemes. Also specialises in probate and both UK and international estate administration, immigration, heritage property, landed estates and Court of Protection.

Experience

• Finalised the largest in lieu tax settlement with the Government in the UK, saving tax of £20 million
• Acts for a family trust which currently has a property investment business that turns over £50 million a year
• Successfully challenged UK Immigration Rules on human rights grounds at the Civil Courts. Resulted in the client being entitled to remain in the UK and may lead to possible law reform of the relevant immigration law

Professional

Trained at Coward Chance 1982-1984
Coward Chance/Clifford Chance, Assistant Solicitor 1984-1991
Alsop Wilkinson, Partner 1991-1997
LG, Partner 1997 to date

Professional Memberships

Member of Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners
Liverpool Alumni
Immigrations Law Practitioners Association
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
Member of the Council for the Prevention of Art Theft
Campaign Board of Historic Royal Places

Awards

Undergraduate Law Scholarship
Bibby Law Prize

Languages

French and Spanish (Conversational)