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Michael Fletcher
Work Department
Private client.
Position
Michael is a Consultant in Private Client.
Career
Michael was articled at Lee Bolton & Lee, being admitted to the Roll 1982; partner Lee Bolton & Lee 1986; partner Lee Bolton Monier-Williams 2008. Deputy registrar Diocese of Ely, former deputy registrar Diocese of Canterbury; clerk to two almshouse charities and solicitor to two others; solicitor to a City livery company; solicitor to a literary estate exploiting, collecting and distributing royalty income. Current directorships include: trustee of a grant-making charity for women suffering from illness, especially diseases of the thoracic cavity.
Michael has for many years advised on all aspects of private client, wealth and tax work; in addition to which he also has considerable experience in the areas of ecclesiastical property and charities. He is the clerk to two almshouse charities in Canterbury. He is the secretary and solicitor to the Trustees of the Pooh Properties, who manage the copyrights in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories and poems of A A Milne on behalf of the (largely charitable) beneficiaries under Milne’s Will. He is a trustee of an estate in the West Midlands which is managed on behalf of multiple beneficiaries, who are a mixture of the descendants of the original family owners and two large Canadian charities.
Publications of note: Charity Land & Premises (a guide for trustees) (jointly with the late N J Richens) (Jordans, 1995).
Memberships
City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society (Committee 2013, senior vice-president 2014; president 2014-15).
Education
King’s School, Canterbury; Law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1976-1979; BA 1979, MA 1983 MA).
Leisure
Music (especially opera); food and drink; and transport systems, especially inland waterways and the railways of India and elsewhere in the former British Empire.
Clubs: Millwall Rugby Club, he is also a trustee of the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, of which he has been a member since 1979. He also chairs the Wine Committee of the Club.