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Private Wealth Law - Northampton and surrounds

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What the Team is Known For

Harrison Clark Rickerbys' wills, trusts and estates team handles a range of non-contentious private client work. The firm also has a disputes team that handles contentious matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Beth King-Smith
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Beth King-Smith is well regarded among peers as a market-leading private client practitioner. Her work is focused on contentious matters relating to trusts and probate. She has particular expertise in advising on will disputes in farming contexts.

Beth is very diligent. She gives very detailed advice.

Beth King-Smith is very receptive and responsive.

Beth King-Smith is understanding and sympathetic.

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Catherine Ball
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Catherine Ball is a specialist and experienced adviser to owners of landed estates, business owners and farmers. She advises on trusts, wills, probate and powers of attorney. She also advises on provision for disabled children and acts as a trustee on personal and charitable trusts.
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Claire Pottinger
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Claire Pottinger is based in HCR's Worcester office. She works on a broad range of matters, advising clients on areas such as estate administration, inheritance tax, wills and succession planning.

Claire Pottinger has a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area.

Claire Pottinger has an excellent knowledge base.

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Kerri Woodrow
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Kerri Woodrow is a partner at HCR Hewitsons and deputy head of the private client team. She advises her clients on matters relating to the preparation of wills, succession planning and tax. She also advises on estate administration and trusts.

Kerri's level of service is consistently ten out of ten.

Kerri is very aware of how to deal with family members and how to follow procedures scrupulously.

Kerri is a dream to work with. She is so competent, professional, compassionate and understanding.

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Martin Oliver
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Martin Oliver is an experienced private client practitioner and has a solid background in complex contentious probate matters.

Martin Oliver should be called a magician. He can pull rabbits out of a hat in the most difficult and complex cases. No stone is unturned and no possibility unexplored.

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Katie Alsop
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Katie Alsop has particular expertise in agricultural litigation and also deals with contentious probate issues.

Katie is really prolific.

Katie fizzes with legal knowledge and strategic skill.

Katie has a deep understanding of our situation and has the answers to everything that has been thrown at us.

Danielle Pawson
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Danielle Pawson has notable experience in dealing with clients on contested probate and disputed wills. She is particularly adept at advising on questions of capacity.

Danielle Pawson is well experienced and very pragmatic.

Danielle's thoughts are always on point and valuable. She is utterly reliable.

Gina Khera
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Gina Khera is a legal director based in HCR's Northampton office. She advises on contentious probate and disputed trust and wills.

Gina Khera is outstanding in her field. She is an excellent adviser: prompt, courteous and extremely personable. She always has her clients' best interests at the heart of everything she does.

Gina Khera is a thorough professional. Extremely competent, caring and diligent.

Gina Khera is a proactive and approachable solicitor. She is quick at finding out the client's needs and resolving their problems.

Gina shows she is willing to go above and beyond to help clients. She is tenacious and compassionate. Both great strengths for a lawyer.

Hauke Harrack
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Hauke Harrack assists clients with estate planning and administration. He also has expertise in providing tax advice and deals with registration of lasting powers of attorney. 

Hauke offers a very good service.

Hauke is always excellent. He is courteous and offers friendly service.

Mr Harrack is very easy to work with. He is prompt, knowledgeable and keen to assist.

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Hereford, Worcester and surrounds

Private Wealth Law

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Claire Pottinger
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Midlands

Private Wealth Disputes

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Beth King-Smith
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Martin Oliver
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Katie Alsop
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Danielle Pawson
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Gina Khera
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Northampton and surrounds

Private Wealth Law

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Catherine Ball
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Band 1
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Kerri Woodrow
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Hauke Harrack
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