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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

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Suzanne Marriott and Sally Ashford co-head the department at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, which is an integral part of the wider private wealth practice. As a result, it regularly handles major multi-jurisdictional disputes, as well as cases with fraud and other issues relating to the management of large estates and global asset portfolios. Marriott is a member of the Solicitors for the Elderly and the STEP special interest group on mental capacity. Ashford is also a member of the STEP special interest group on mental capacity. Marriott often acts as a trustee, executor, deputy, attorney and charitable trustee for many well-known clients. Ashford concentrates on deputyship matters, and other issues such as statutory will applications. Ashford deals with complex capacity issues, in addition to acting as a professional deputy on welfare, property and financial affairs.

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  • ‘This firm is highly experienced in this area. There are few individuals with more expertise in COP work than Suzanne Marriott'.

  • ‘The team really know their way around the practice area. They have a lot of experience in the area and this allows them to act with great calmness and efficiency, with a strategic eye at all times'.

  • ‘Suzanne Marriott is without peer in Court of Protection work. She is the first port of call both for HNW litigants seeking representation and parties seeking an independent professional deputy in such cases'.

  • 'Oliver Auld, having learnt from the likes of Suzanne Marriott, has already carved out his own reputation as a leading practitioner in this area.’
  • ‘The Court of Protection practice at CRS LLP are a pleasure to work alongside. What makes this team unique is the huge depth of knowledge that they bring to each client's matter, because the firm covers such a range of legal sectors'.

  • 'In addition to their excellent work for high net worth clients, their team has a truly impressive commitment to meaningful pro-bono work and it has been a pleasure to partner with them to deliver legal training to the charitable sector'.

  • ‘Sally Ashford and her colleague Robyn Hack stand out for their dedication, enthusiasm and skilled approach to resolving the many tricky aspects of their vulnerable clients' cases. They are a pleasure to work with - extremely organised and always pertinent'.

  • 'Sally Ashford's approach not only demonstrates her skill and experience, but also her human nature. She goes "above and beyond"’.

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Suzanne Marriott

Suzanne Marriott

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Suzanne specialises in cross-border and UK tax planning, wills, trusts, contentious trusts and probates, Inheritance Act claims, estate and succession planning, international wills and trusts, non-domiciliaries, mental incapacity and Court of Protection work, heritage property, art, landed estates and charitable trusts. She acts as trustee, executor, deputy, attorney and charitable trustee for many well known clients and is often appointed by the court in these roles where there are disputes. Suzanne is a notary public practising in the City of London.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Suzanne Marriott, Sally Ashford

Other key lawyers

Oliver Auld, Robyn Hack