Wills Trusts, Probate & Inheritance Tax Planning

From preparing and reviewing wills and advice on inheritance tax planning to the administration and winding up of estates, our experienced Probate team have the necessary expertise. We are also able to draft trusts and settlements; act as executors and trustees; obtain grants of probate and letters of administration; and prepare and advise upon powers of attorney.

For the older clients we can also advise on Community Care Act issues and provide advice on sheltered housing and residential homes.

Specifically, our services include:

  • Will drafting
  • Trust and Estate Management
  • Registration of Enduring Power of Attorney
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney (Property and Affairs and Health and Welfare)
  • Living Wills
  • Lifetime gifts
  • Retirement issues
  • Inheritance Tax planning
  • Probate and administration of estates
  • Contentious probate and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

For advice on any of these matters please email Michael Lambert  or Robert Selwood in Stroud or telephone 01453 847200, contact John Penley or David Billett in Dursley on 01453 541940 or email Samantha Artaius in Nailsworth or telephone 01453 832566 

Winterbotham Smith Penley

Stroud Office
3/7 Rowcroft, Stroud,
Gloucestershire GL5 3BJ
Tel: 01453 847200
Fax: 01453 751997
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Nailsworth Office
Stokescroft, Cossack Square, Nailsworth, Stroud,
Gloucestershire GL6 0DZ
Tel: 01453 832566
Fax: 01453 835441
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Dursley Office
26 Long Street, Dursley,
Gloucestershire GL11 4JA
Tel: 01453 541940
Fax: 01453 548527
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