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Kate James

Kate James

Porter Dodson LLP, West Midlands

Work Department

Private Client.

Position

Partner, head of the department and head of the Wellington office. Kate also sits on the Board.

All aspects of private client work including probate, tax and trusts, Court of Protection, powers of attorney and Will drafting. Kate particularly specialises in agricultural probate and succession planning.

Career

Trained Porter Dodson; qualified 2007; Partner 2013.

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); Devon and Somerset Law Society.

Education

Mount St Mary’s School, Exeter; Exeter University (BA Hons Economic and Social History, 2(1)); University of West of England (PGDipLaw, distinction); LPC (distinction).

Leisure

Running, horseriding, dog walking, spending time on family farm.