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JMW Solicitors LLP Offices

JMW Solicitors LLP
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
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Rebecca Brown

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0161 527 5136 [email protected]

Work Department

Court of Protection

Position

Solicitor and FSE Partner of JMW Solicitors LLP, Director of the JMW Trust Corporation

 

Rebecca joined the Court of Protection Department of JMW Solicitors LLP in January 2023. Rebecca specialises in all aspects of mental capacity work including advising on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and acting as an expert witness on Court of Protection matters in high value personal injury and clinical negligence cases.

 

As a Director of the JMW Trust Corporation, Rebecca acts as Deputy for clients who have received substantial damages awards following personal injury. She regularly delivers training on Court of Protection and capacity issues both nationally and locally.

 

Rebecca has a particular expertise in:

 

  • Deputyship and Personal Injury Trust general management work in high value pre and post settlement litigated cases
  • Court of Protection applications
  • Expert witness work and litigation support

Rebecca completed her training contract at Pannone Solicitors LLP, qualifying as a solicitor in 2011 into their Court of Protection department at the time led by Hugh Jones. In 2013 she joined Hugh Jones Solicitors, a specialist Court of Protection practice founded by Hugh Jones, where she remained for nearly 10 years, becoming a Director of the firm in 2020, before joining JMW in January 2023.

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North West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

(Next Generation Partners)

Rebecca Brown  – JMW Solicitors LLP

JMW Solicitors LLP in Manchester provides specialist private client advice to high and ultra-high-net-worth clients, with particular expertise in family investment companies, trust planning, and restructuring, and cases involving multi-jurisdictional assets. The firm also has a knowledgeable Court of Protection group that handles all types of deputyship issues, including local authority cases, investigations, and expert witness work. The practice is co-led by the ‘fantastic’ Joe Cobb, who is an expert in providing tax, estate, and succession planning advice to clients, and particularly to owner-managed businesses and corporate vehicles, and Megan Christie-Copeland, who heads the Court of Protection department and ‘has expert knowledge in the best practice around deputyships’. Other notable practitioners include the ‘knowledgeable, highly responsive and very client focused‘ Andrew Cusworth, who specialises in a broad range of work relating to individuals who lack mental capacity, and Rebecca Brown, who advises on all aspects of mental capacity work.’

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