Legal services
An expert team, working through Rathbones Legal Services Limited, and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, offers a range of private client legal services, all to suit your individual circumstances.
Our team can help in preparing wills and giving advice on inheritance tax; they can take care of issues connected to residential property, like purchase, lending and right issues, and they are expert in the complexities of landed estates.
Wills, trusts and power of attorney services
Residential property services
Landed estates
We want to give you the best possible experience but if at any point you are unhappy with any aspect of our legal team’s service, please see our attached advice on how to complain and our complaints procedure.
So that you have as much information as possible up front, we have put together details of how we charge in relation to residential conveyancing and probate matters. For residential conveyancing, please see attached note on our fees and, for charges for probate work, please see attached note. Please also see our attached Terms of Business.
Rathbones Legal Services Limited is a company which is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA number 636409.
OUR TRUST AND TAX Legal TEAM
Kerry Shaw
Senior Solicitor
Kerry Shaw
Senior Solicitor
London
Kerry qualified as a solicitor in 2013, having trained with a Surrey based Legal 500 Firm of solicitors, and joined Rathbones in 2014. She advises on Wills and estate planning, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration as well as trust matters.
Kerry is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Kerry qualified as a solicitor in 2013, having trained with a Surrey based Legal 500 Firm of solicitors, and joined Rathbones in 2014. She advises on Wills and estate planning, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration as well as trust matters.
Kerry is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
John Billing
Trust manager
John Billing
Trust manager
London
John joined Rathbones in 2010, having previously worked in both law and accountancy firms. He primarily deals with the taxation and administration of trusts (in some cases as one of the trustees) and also prepares personal tax returns.
John is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
John joined Rathbones in 2010, having previously worked in both law and accountancy firms. He primarily deals with the taxation and administration of trusts (in some cases as one of the trustees) and also prepares personal tax returns.
John is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Amelia Bell
Solicitor
Amelia Bell
Solicitor
London
Amelia joined Rathbones in June 2019, having previously worked at Russell-Cooke LLP in their private client team. She qualified as a solicitor in 2016, having trained at a Legal 500 firm in Wiltshire.
Amelia advises on all aspects of private client law including drafting and advising on trusts, powers of attorney, succession planning including drafting complex wills, and estate administration.
She has a particular interest in art and achieved a distinction in her LLM in Art, Business and Law.
Amelia joined Rathbones in June 2019, having previously worked at Russell-Cooke LLP in their private client team. She qualified as a solicitor in 2016, having trained at a Legal 500 firm in Wiltshire.
Amelia advises on all aspects of private client law including drafting and advising on trusts, powers of attorney, succession planning including drafting complex wills, and estate administration.
She has a particular interest in art and achieved a distinction in her LLM in Art, Business and Law.