About Us
Start Point Law are solicitors in Kingsbridge who provide professional expert advice for administration of estates, Will drafting, lasting powers of attorney, inheritance tax advice and trusts and legal issues relating to older people, including advice on funding for long term care.
It is important to plan during your lifetime what you want to happen after you die. We can guide you through the options to appoint an attorney in an LPA, or to draft your Will. Using a professional to draft your Will ensures that your wishes are recorded and carried out following your death. We will advise you about Inheritance Tax liability and if necessary consider Inheritance Tax planning to reduce the tax payable on your estate.
We are experts in estate administration. This includes all the legal formalities that need to be addressed after someone has died. We can help you to obtain a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration. It is important to ensure all necessary formalities are complied with, and assets are distributed in accordance with the deceased's wishes or intestacy rules.
I qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and have always practised in the West Country although my clients are spread across the globe.
I have dealt with estate administration ranging from the simple to the extremely complex involving multiple farms, businesses, international property and assets overseas.
I have assisted with many overseas estates where the deceased died outside the UK but had assets in the UK and the beneficiaries needed help releasing those assets. I have experience of resealing a commonwealth grant of probate or grant of letters of administration or obtaining a UK grant of probate to deal with the UK assets.
I regularly deal with negotiations with HM Revenue and Customs involving inheritance tax calculations, applications for agricultural property relief and business property relief.
I also specialise in advising individuals and families on a range of estate planning issues, including the mitigation of inheritance tax, succession of family assets, safeguarding family businesses for the next generation and the creation and use of trusts to manage and protect family wealth.
I draft and advise on property and finance lasting power of attorneys, and health and welfare lasting powers of attorneys. I specialise in applications to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a deputy for property and financial affairs where an individual is unable to look after their own affairs and does not have the mental capacity to make a lasting power of attorney.
I started my legal career in Exeter working for Ashfords Solicitors before moving firms to Everys for 6 years working in Honiton and Sidmouth. I spent a further 4 years working for Purely Probate in Somerset before moving back to Exeter to work for Michelmores.
I love swimming off our beautiful local beaches but I am also found in our local pool. I have a real passion for skiing and in my younger days qualified as a ski instructor.