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Taunton

Private Client

Specialism:

Adoption
Commercial disputes
Buying and selling a home
Administration disputes
Appointing an attorney
Burial disputes
Buying and selling commercial property
Buying or selling land
Care home cost planning
Children
Cohabitation Rights
Collaborative law
Commercial property
Continuing Health Care Funding
Contractual disputes
Corporate commercial law
Court of Protection
Declarations of trust for property
Developing commercial property
Divorce and Separation
Financial settlements
Employee rights
Employment advice and consultancy
Employment tribunal
Equity release mortgages
Estate administration including probate and intestacy
Estate planning
Family law
Forces Help to Buy
Gifts of property
Grievance and disciplinary
Help to Buy Government Scheme
HR advice and consultancy
Inheritance disputes
Inheritance Tax
Landlord rights
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Letting commercial property
Letting residential property
Mortgaging and Remortgaging
New build
Option agreements and conditional contracts
Parental disputes
Pensions on divorce
Residential property disputes
Redundancy
Relationship breakdown
Renewable energy
Residential property law
Rural business, land and agriculture
Settlement agreements
Shared ownership
Succession planning
Tax planning
Transfers of equity
Trusts
Trustee/executor disputes
Wills and probate
Will validity claims/disputes
GP integrations
Commercial property disputes
Property ownership disputes
Dental law
Asset and debt recovery
Insolvency matters
Primary Care law
GP mergers
GP lease renewals
GP property refinancing
Discrimination
Whistleblowing
Medical & Care
TOLATA
TUPE
Pension Property Investment
SIPP
SSAS
General Counsel
Partnership Agreements
Partnership Disputes
Mediation
PCN Network Agreements
Regulatory
Non-Court Dispute Resolution
Nuptial Agreements
Agricultural Tenancies
Agricultural Partnerships
Rural Diversification

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Maxine Allen

Email:

maxine.allen@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625836

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Senior Paralegal

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Court of Protection, Care home cost planning, Continuing Health Care Funding

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Rose Body

Email:

rose.body@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625819

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Paralegal

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Wills and probate

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Michael Burgess

Email:

Michael.Burgess@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 211241

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Chartered Legal Executive

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Inheritance Tax, Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Charlotte Cole

Email:

charlotte.cole@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625857

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Associate

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Court of Protection, Care home cost planning, Continuing Health Care Funding

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Sharon Collier

Email:

sharon.collier@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625822

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Partner, Head of Private Client

Team:

Private Client, Rural Business , Land and Agriculture

Specialism:

Appointing an attorney, Court of Protection, Rural business, land and agriculture, Succession planning, Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Tax planning, Inheritance Tax, Estate planning, Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Chris Dickinson

Email:

chris.dickinson@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625888

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Partner

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Estate planning, Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Inheritance Tax, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Tax planning, Succession planning

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Victoria Emmett

Email:

victoria.emmett@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625874

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Partner

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Wills and probate, Estate planning, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Appointing an attorney, Inheritance Tax, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Succession planning, Tax planning, Trusts

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Jacqui Garbutt

Email:

jacqui.garbutt@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625835

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Senior Paralegal

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Wills and probate

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Lauren Hole

Email:

lauren.hole@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01935 846747

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Trainee Solicitor

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

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Kate James

Email:

kate.james@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 652121

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Managing Partner

Team:

Private Client, Rural Business , Land and Agriculture

Specialism:

Appointing an attorney, Estate planning, Rural business, land and agriculture, Succession planning, Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Inheritance Tax, Tax planning, Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Ben Maunder

Email:

ben.maunder@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625839

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Solicitor Apprentice

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

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Ella Rix

Email:

ella.rix@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625817

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Senior Paralegal

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Wills and probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Vicki Thyer

Email:

vicki.thyer@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01935 846830

Location:

Yeovil, Taunton

Position:

Senior Legal Advisor

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Appointing an attorney, Court of Protection, Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Eleanor Weller

Email:

eleanor.weller@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625813

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Associate

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Estate planning, Wills and probate, Estate administration including probate and intestacy, Inheritance Tax, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Tax planning

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Ben Wharton

Email:

ben.wharton@porterdodson.co.uk

Phone:

01823 625842

Location:

Taunton

Position:

Paralegal

Team:

Private Client

Specialism:

Estate administration including probate and intestacy

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