Tees Law

Private Client

Professional Support Lawyer

James is a Professional Support Lawyer in the Wills, Trusts, Tax and Probate Department. He provides specialist technical support to the department on relevant client matters.

James qualified as a solicitor in 2004, moving into Private Client law in 2007 after previously working as an in house lawyer in the Life & Pensions department of a multinational insurance company. He specialises in wills, estate and capital tax planning and probate, both onshore and offshore, and charity administration. He has experience of advising a wide range of clients, including high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, charities, families, farming clients and non-UK resident or non-UK domiciled/deemed-domiciled clients.

In-house Lawyer, Aviva, 2004-2007; Solicitor, Mills and Reeve, 2007-2010; Solicitor, WillcoxLewis, 2010-2016; Associate, Howes Percival, 2016-2020; Professional Support Lawyer, Tees Law, 2020-present

James is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and also holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients.

LLP (Hons), University of East Anglia, 1994-1997; Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law Guildford, 2003