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Ashtons Legal Offices
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Portman House
120 Princes Street
IPSWICH
IP1 1RS
England
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Louise Cardwell
Work Department
Personal Tax, Trusts & Probate
Position
Partner
Career
Louise deals exclusively with private client issues and leads Ashtons Legal in developing working practices for estate planning and succession.
Louise qualified in 2008 and joined the firm in March 2014. She is a qualified member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), ATT (Association of Taxation Technicians), and the Association of Lifetime Lawyers. She is also the Treasurer for Suffolk and North Essex Law Society (SNELS) and has volunteered at the Age UK Legal Advice Surgery, Citizens Advice Bureau, and Suffolk Law Centre.
Louise specialises in estate administration, Will drafting, powers of attorney, tax advice, and the preparation and management of trusts. Her particular niche is advising business owners, farmers, high net-worth individuals, and people with complex succession issues including the effective use of trusts. Approximately 60% of Louise’s work is handling probate work.
Languages
English
Memberships
Private Client Section of the Law Society
Solicitors For the Elderly (SFE)
Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
Education
2005 – Sheffield Hallam University – Law and Criminology BA (Hons)
2006 – Nottingham Law School – LPC
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
The lifetime planning practice at Ashtons Legal ‘has a diverse mix of skills and can provide complex advice collaboratively’. The firm has as a strong regional, agricultural and owner-managed business client base, and also acts for many multi-generational client families in Suffolk. In Bury St Edmunds, deputy CEO and head of the practice Alan Brown is regarded as being ‘an expert in trusts and very knowledgeable on financial and investment-related matters‘; French law expert Matthew Cameron is also a key contact. Highly regarded senior associates Chris Cumberbatch and Faye Stolls work from the same office. In Ipswich, head of lifetime planning Janette Wand, and Louise Cardwell are the key practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia