Specialisms
- Estate Administration
- Tracing foreign beneficiaries
What's your role?
I work as a paralegal specialising in Probate files and also dealing with Lasting Powers of Attorney, Wills and registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney.
Your experience
I joined Charles Lucas & Marshall, now Coffin Mew, as a legal secretary in the Private Client team in 2007 and undertook a BTEC Paralegal course specialising in Wills and Probate, which I successfully passed in 2009 and have worked as a Paralegal within the team since.
The Head of Wills, Trusts & Probate is Annabelle Vaughan.
Other Team Members
Annabelle Vaughan
Partner - Head of CoP and WTP and Care & Protection
Michelle Thomas
Senior Associate Solicitor - Wills, Trusts & Probate
Neil Irvine
Senior Associate
Simon Berry
Senior Associate
Roz Wyeth
Senior Associate (FCILEx) - Wills, Trusts and Probate
Deanne Ferguson
Associate Solicitor
Amy Clatworthy
Solicitor
Hannah Goodeve
Solicitor
Liam Colville
Solicitor
Lindsay Taylor
Solicitor
Stacy Keech
Solicitor
Carla Campbell
Trainee Legal Executive
Gurbir Pattar
Trainee Solicitor
Lauren Kendell
Trainee Solicitor
Debbie Bridgeman
Paralegal
Kelly Jeffery
Paralegal
Frances Bosley
Legal Secretary
Sharon Anderson
Legal Secretary
Sarah Pearce
Receptionist/Paralegal Assistant
Bernie Lloyd
Administration Assistant
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