Andrew Fairlie

Director, Solicitor and Head of Litigation

DATE JOINED

1981 on qualification, from Hall Brydon Solicitors.

EXPERTISE

Commercial litigation, property litigation, general commercial property matters, divorce cases including those involving financial relief work and insolvency. Also undertakes company/ commercial matters including director disqualification proceedings.

Andrew Kay

Director, Solicitor and Head of Property

DATE JOINED

1979 as a trainee at Read Roper and Read and became a partner on qualification.

EXPERTISE

Residential and commercial property, property litigation and private client work including probate and enduring powers of attorney. COLP and COFA and Anti Money Laundering Officer and Head of Property Department.

Julie Bell

Consultant Solicitor and Partner

DATE JOINED

2019

EXPERTISE

Julie is a private client expert dealing in all aspects of private client law, including Wills, inheritance tax planning, trust creation and administration, Lasting Powers of Attorney, deputyship work and charities

I have extensive experience of dealing with assets for international clients based outside England and Wales. I can help with resealing foreign grants of probate & cross-border estate administration. In the last 12 months I have assisted clients from Canada, Scotland, Singapore, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand.  I also deal with assets in the Isle of Man and Jersey.

Co-author with Geoffrey Shindler of Trust Drafting and Precedents by Bloomsbury

Author of Will Draftsman’s Handbook by the Law Society

Author of Digital Assets by the Law Society

Articles published in STEP magazine and Trusts Quarterly Review

Author and lecturer for STEP (Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners)