DMH Stallard LLP

Private Client

Partner

Advises on complex estate planning, estate administration, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection applications and elderly client affairs.

Emma is a Private Client partner, who represents a wide spectrum of clients, including high net worth individuals, with a particular focus on elderly client affairs. She acts as a Deputy and Attorney for a number of clients to manage their property and financial affairs.

Work highlights:

Acting on a highly complex estate of a well-known illustrator, including royalty matters, ongoing charitable trusts and complex tax matters.

Acting for an individual with no living family members on his property and financial affairs, including registering the Power of Attorney, assisting with his care requirements, managing his finances and making decisions regarding his investments in his best interests.

Acting for a genealogist on the legal documents required for an unadministered asset dating back to 1966, including applications for a specialist Grant of Probate, tracing all the beneficiaries on the family tree, acquiring payment of the asset, and arranging payment to all the beneficiaries which numbered some 50 individuals.

Law Society Private Client Section

Sussex Law Society committee member

Sussex Law Society past president