Department profile
Irwin Mitchell

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Crawley and surrounds


Irwin Mitchell

Rankings

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Private Wealth Law - Crawley and surrounds

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For
Irwin Mitchell has a considerable presence across the UK and a growing team in the South. The team advises on the full suite of wealth planning and disputes matters.

Strengths

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  • Irwin Mitchell is a renowned, well-established law firm with a wealth of experience across multiple specialisms, giving confidence in one's objectives being met in a manner both timely and accurate.

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  • Irwin Mitchell has an experienced team. They go out of their way to understand our needs and do everything within their means to achieve what we want.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Caroline Shelton
    Band 1Caroline Shelton

    Caroline Shelton

    Caroline Shelton is an impressive private wealth law expert who advises on non-contentious private client matters and has considerable experience handling cross-border matters.
    • Caroline has always provided a very professional and personal service. I am always happy to recommend her services to anyone requiring assistance.

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    • Caroline Shelton is probably the best lawyer I have ever worked with. Her grasp of a situation is immediate, and she goes out of her way to get things over the line, even when it seems impossible.

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    • Caroline Shelton is an outstanding professional. She combines deep technical knowledge with an ability to express herself very clearly and with more than a sprinkling of healthy pragmatism. She gets things done.

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  • Band 1Paula James
    Band 1Paula James

    Paula James

    Paula James has an excellent reputation among market sources and is an expert in contentious will, trust and estate matters.
    • Paula is very good. She is very well known in the market, pleasant to deal with and technically very good.

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    • Paula is an institution. She is a highly regarded lawyer and team leader – always a pleasure to work with and against.

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    • Paula has a commonsense approach.

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  • Band 2Naomi Neville
    Band 2Naomi Neville

    Naomi Neville

    Naomi Neville is an impressive partner at Irwin Mitchell and advises on estate planning, trusts and tax matters.

    • I have always found Naomi responsive, efficient and commercial. Naomi has consistently provided advice on time and on budget.

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    • Naomi is totally focused on doing the right thing for the client, whilst also keeping us in the loop. She has an ability to focus on what is important to the client and explain things very clearly, meeting the client where they are from a knowledge perspective.

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  • Band 2Paula Fry
    Band 2Paula Fry

    Paula Fry

    Paula Fry advises clients on range of private wealth matters, including estate planning and administration and trust litigation. She is Guernsey advocate as well as an England & Wales solicitor.

    • Paula Fry is a joy to work with. She endeavours to meet deadlines where required, and has been key in ensuring that some of our structures have been established well from the outset.

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    • Paula Fry knows the law and the parameters in Guernsey and other jurisdictions. She is very quick to respond and turn around the work as well.

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  • Band 2Rose Macfarlane
    Band 2Rose Macfarlane

    Rose Macfarlane

    Rose Macfarlane is a partner at Irwin Mitchell and advises on estate and tax matters.

    • Rose is extremely knowledgeable, and has a very warm and reassuring approach to all her work. She goes above and beyond. She has broad knowledge across very complicated matters. She continues to untangle our problems with efficiency, detail and warmth.

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    • Rose Macfarlane blends technical ability with bedside manner.

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  • Band 3Stephen Ireland
    Band 3Stephen Ireland

    Stephen Ireland

    Stephen Ireland is a legal director in Irwin Mitchell's contentious trust and probate department, and advises wealthy clients on trusts and estates matters.

    • Stephen was excellent. He grasped the seriousness of our situation and the impact on us financially and emotionally. He guided us and gave exceptional advice and support, and a strategy to manage the situation.

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    • Stephen provides realistic, clear, practical advice to his clients. He is incredibly hard-working, dedicated and really knows his stuff. He is one to go to if you are in that region and need someone to help you with contentious probate.

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  • Up and ComingLaura Colville
    Up and ComingLaura Colville

    Laura Colville

    Laura Colville is a partner at Irwin Mitchell. Colville specialises in estate planning and probate matters.

    • Laura is very organised, diligent in her cases and an excellent private client lawyer.

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    • Laura is wonderful; she always responds timely and professionally. Clients love her way of explaining, and she is knowledgeable and accurate.

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  • Up and ComingSamantha Ewing
    Up and ComingSamantha Ewing

    Samantha Ewing

    Samantha Ewing is an impressive legal director at Irwin Mitchell and advises on complex trusts disputes.

    • Samantha manages her cases superbly. She has an excellent sense of where issues are going and what will happen.

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    • Samantha is exceptionally good. Clients, peers and opponents all warm to her. She is a considered and intelligent lawyer who looks after her clients.

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    • She is very sophisticated and impressive.

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  • Star AssociatesLucy Samy
    Star AssociatesLucy Samy

    Lucy Samy

    Lucy Samy is a senior associate at Irwin Mitchell and advises on estate planning and tax matters.

    • Lucy Samy's service was friendly, understanding and adaptive to our requirements, with plenty of guidance where needed. We were very pleased with it.

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    • Lucy Samy is great with clients.

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    • Lucy is a star.

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  • Star AssociatesMargaret Windram
    Star AssociatesMargaret Windram

    Margaret Windram

    Margaret Windram is a senior associate at Irwin Mitchell and specialises in trusts and estates disputes.

    • Margaret is very thorough. She is prepared to go the extra mile for clients and is a very safe pair of hands. She successfully tempers client expectations also.

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    • Margaret has been very patient and pragmatic. Her advice is always accurate and practical. She is very empathetic.

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    • Margaret brings focus and clarity to any case she works on, and this translates into good outcomes for her client.

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