Kiran Vasudeva

Kiran is a Partner in our Private Client team, who has a wealth of experience across a wide range of legal services, including:

Court of Protection, mental capacity and deputyship matters;

Setting up and administering personal injury trusts to hold compensation awards or insurance payments following accident or injury;

Setting up and registering Powers of Attorney;

Resolving HMRC inheritance disputes:

Preparing declaration of trusts;

Estate planning, succession and will preparation;

Trust Advice including setting up, administration of trusts and the ending of trusts to include all tax aspects;

UK and international probate and estate administration and associated tax advice including deeds of variations; and

Advice to Executors, Trustees, Deputies and Attorneys in respect of their fiduciary duties.

In particular, many of her clients have lost mental capacity as a result of a degenerative brain condition such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia or have sustained serious brain injuries, usually as a result of a catastrophic accident or birth trauma. Whether the client has their own personal wealth or received substantial awards of compensation, Kiran has experience in managing funds carefully in order to meet their lifetime needs. This involves working as collaboratively and pragmatically as possible with clients, their families and support teams.

Kiran makes applications to the Court of Protection on matters ranging from the appointment of a deputy to complex one-off applications such as statutory wills and gift applications.

She also assists with investigating suspected financial abuse of a vulnerable individual and bringing or defending proceedings in the Court of Protection including disputes between property and financial affairs attorneys, contested deputyship applications, and misappropriated funds by deputies and attorneys. She also acts as a Court expert for deputyship and trust management costs in litigated cases.