Alison Craggs

Practice Areas

Alison specialises in the following:

- Advising on and drafting simple Wills and complex tax efficient Wills

- Preparing and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney

- Registering Enduring Powers of Attorney

- Administering estates

- Inheritance tax planning

- Advising on and drafting trust documents

- Court of Protection work including Property and Financial Affairs and Personal Welfare deputyship applications for children reaching adulthood

Professional Memberships

Alison is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).  She passed the STEP Diploma with distinction in 2008 and was awarded the 2007 STEP Excellence Award for achieving the highest mark in the STEP Administration of Estates exam.  As a STEP member, Alison has to commit to high professional standards and demonstrate ongoing specialist knowledge.

She is also an accredited member of The Association of Lifetime Lawyers.  Lifetime Lawyers are considered the gold standard when supporting vulnerable and older people with legal advice.

Alison has also passed the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)’s advisory paper on Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates.