Belinda Watson

Belinda Watson is a partner in the Farms & Estates team of our private client department.

Belinda trained in London and spent her first ten years as a qualified solicitor at Frere Cholmeley Bischoff, now Forsters. After a career break of ten years, following a family move to Dorset to bring up her two daughters, Belinda has been with Wilsons since May 2007.

Belinda is a member of STEP, the Heritage Lawyers Group, the CLA and the Historic Houses Association.

Recent highlights

- Helping owners of landed estates, heritage chattels and properties plan for and manage their handover to the next generation, in close collaboration with their other advisers and with family members;

- Applying to vary and extend long-standing family settlements;

- Advising trustees of settlements which are still governed by the Settled Land Act 1925;

- Advising farmers about succession planning, focussing on their farm partnership and wills.