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Sydney Mitchell LLP Offices

CHATTOCK HOUSE
346 STRATFORD ROAD
SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL
B90 3DN
England
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Tracy Creed

Work Department
Private client, wills and probate.
Position
Tracy is partner and head of the private client team. She has extensive experience in all areas of private client work including trusts, wills, probate, power of attorney, deputyship, inheritance tax planning, estate planning and care funding issues. Notable cases include Estate of RB (significant business and complex matters), KR+Wilson (care funding matter), Estate of G – multimillion complex matter. Tracy specialises in working with elderly clients and resolving care funding issues. She receives referrals from care homes, social services, personal referrals and other Solictiors to whom she has proved her ability to deal with matters in an effective manner. In previous Legal 500 testimonials Tracy is recognised for attracting praise from clients and the wills and probate team are referred to as being ‘extremely professional but also very personable’; ‘highly competent’ personal tax, trusts and probate team and regard Tracy as ‘very knowledgeable’. Tracy has delivered talks to a variety of care homes, financial advisers and the fire service. She has presented to the Society of Will Writers and the Institute of Professional Will Writers.
Career
Trained ILEX route; qualified as a solicitor in 2009. Sydney Mitchell (1999-2009); Standley and Co (2009-10); Probate Solicitors Limited (PSL) (2011-12); Sydney Mitchell, associate and made partner in 2015.
Education
Fairfield High School for Girls, Audenshaw, Manchester; Solihull Technical College, Sutton Coldfield College, De Montfort University Leicester; Filex 2004; CPE 2007, LPC 2009.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
At Sydney Mitchell LLP, Mitra Mann (who was promoted to the partnership in April 2024) and Dean Parnell co-head the department. Mann joined the firm from Wright Hassall LLP in June 2023. She has a wealth of experience in dealing with a variety of contentious probate matters, in addition to Court of Protection disputes. Mann regularly advises attorneys, deputies and families on how best to protect vulnerable individuals. Private client head Tracy Creed assists with challenges to the validity of wills and claims against trusts.
West Midlands > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Sydney Mitchell LLP is praised for showing ‘a genuine approach to care for clients and always going the extra mile’. Tracy Creed is the head of the department, which has seen wealth preservation and elderly client work become a significant part of its caseload. Other key areas of focus include advising on the administration of estates and on applications to the Court of Protection. The practice is also well-regarded for its specialist advice in relation to NHS continuing healthcare. Shelley Collingbourne is another significant member of the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Personal tax, trusts and probate West Midlands > Private client
- Contentious trusts and probate West Midlands > Private client
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- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Real estate > Property litigation