I decided towards the end of last year that rather than returning to my role as Partner at a local firm of Solicitors in Malvern, I would start my own niche legal practice specialising in Private Client services.
The application process with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority was lengthy and at times stressful but at the end of February 2015 it was confirmed to me that I was authorised to practice as a sole practitioner trading as Knight Read Solicitors!
The launch date for the firm was the 4th March 2015 and since then I have been very busy indeed which is great!
My stationery was designed by Fiona Huck of www.wabbey.co.uk and I absolutely love it! My website is due to go live in the next couple of weeks but in the meantime I thought it might be useful to let you know what I do and how you can contact me.
I specialise in the following areas of work:
Bespoke Tax and
Succession Planning Wills
· Simple Wills
· Nursing Home Fees
· Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trust Wills
· Second Generation Asset Protection Wills
· Wills that maximize Business or Agricultural Property relief
Creation and
Administration of Trusts
· Discretionary Trusts
· Personal Injury Trusts (Special Needs Trusts)
· Excess Income Trusts
·
Death in Service/Pension
death benefits Trusts
Administration of
Estates
· Full Estate Administration
· Grant Only
· Inheritance Tax negotiation with HMRC
Lasting Powers of
Attorney
· Property and Financial Affairs
· Personal Welfare
· Registration with the Office of the Public Guardian
Enduring Powers of Attorney
·
Registration with the
Office of the Public Guardian
The Court of Protection
·
Deputyship Orders
Family Office
· Lifestyle and wealth management solutions in partnership with trusted
advisors
· I give my clients
holistic support to understand and then achieve their legal, financial and
lifestyle objectives. As part of this process, I work closely with our clients
and other professional advisors to put in place measures that preserve and
protect wealth for successive generations. I believe in helping clients to
build their wealth and to preserve it for the benefit of themselves, their
families and other beneficiaries.
I can also
recommend trusted specialists in other fields and are happy to act as a part of
a wider team, including as the lead coordinating firm. This approach can result
in greater choice, flexibility and control over costs.
Here is a little bit about me......
Victoria Elizabeth Knight LLB (Hons) TEP
Victoria is a private client lawyer specialising in particular in
succession planning and wealth preservation. She has many years experience and
an innovative approach to setting up and safeguarding assets tax efficiently
and maintaining assets in the right structure leaving the family with real
control over its own wealth through the use of bespoke wills and trust
structures. Asset protection is an increasing concern particularly with the effects of divorce, bankruptcy,
nursing home fees and the protection of children’s inheritance.
Victoria also advises on the use of the immediate inheritance tax exemptions, capital gains tax implications of gifts and setting up tax efficient appropriate trusts for lifetime gifts plus the use of pension and death in service death benefit trusts. She also advises clients with regard to mental capacity issues and has considerable expertise in the drafting and registration of Lasting Power of Attorney documents and the registration of Enduring Power of Attorney documents.
She has extensive experience of dealing with the administration of estates including Inheritance Tax and the resolution of family issues, business property relief, agricultural property relief and normal expenditure out of income relief, where appropriate.
Victoria trained as a Solicitor in Birmingham firm Putsmans (now Shakespeares) qualifiying in 2006. She then moved to national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Birmingham Head Office to assist in starting the firm’s Private Client offering in Birmingham before later moving to leading regional law firm, Higgs & Sons.
Victoria also advises on the use of the immediate inheritance tax exemptions, capital gains tax implications of gifts and setting up tax efficient appropriate trusts for lifetime gifts plus the use of pension and death in service death benefit trusts. She also advises clients with regard to mental capacity issues and has considerable expertise in the drafting and registration of Lasting Power of Attorney documents and the registration of Enduring Power of Attorney documents.
She has extensive experience of dealing with the administration of estates including Inheritance Tax and the resolution of family issues, business property relief, agricultural property relief and normal expenditure out of income relief, where appropriate.
Victoria trained as a Solicitor in Birmingham firm Putsmans (now Shakespeares) qualifiying in 2006. She then moved to national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Birmingham Head Office to assist in starting the firm’s Private Client offering in Birmingham before later moving to leading regional law firm, Higgs & Sons.
Victoria was a Partner and Head of the Private Client Team at a local Worcestershire
firm before founding Knight Read in 2015.
Victoria is a
Full member of the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
If you would like to contact me I would be delighted to assist you and my details are as follows:
Address: Knight Read Solicitors, The Old Stables, Hillend Farm, Much Cowarne, Herefordshire HR7 4JL
T: +44 (0)7803 158585
W: www.knightread.com
Victoria Knight trading as Knight Read Solicitors is authorised and
regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Registration no: 354373
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