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Estates, Trusts & Wills

The Estates & Trusts team at DJM was originally established in 1946 and has a wealth of experience in providing legal advice to individuals and business owners on all matters concerning their personal and business affairs.

The team is headed by Jonathan Powell, a Director of DJM, and is dedicated to offering a friendly and efficient service in a cost-effective manner. The team specialise purely in estates and trust services, which provides the opportunity to give bespoke advice and solutions to suit the needs of each client.

We pride ourselves on offering such effective tailored solutions that meet each client’s needs at any given moment. Our array of services offered range from a simple Will, to complex tax planning, and assisting clients when they have lost a loved one or caring for a person with capacity issues through ill health. Our aim as the lawyers of choice is to ensure that we achieve the desired solution that matches the client’s needs at a cost which is justifiable.

Please click here to view an example of our pricing estimate for an Estate Administration – download our PDF

Building relationships is a key factor in allowing us to get the best results for our clients and we strive to get to know and understand each client and their individual needs.

It is these values that are key to our growth of 300% in the last decade and our success can be seen as a measure of the importance we place on our relationship with clients.

Our services cover: –

• Wills
• Administration of Estates
• Registration of enduring/ lasting/ powers of attorney
• Court of protection applications
• Attorney/ deputyship service
• Management of financial affairs
• Living wills
• Creation of trusts and advising trustees on duties
• Property protection trusts
• Inheritance tax planning for individuals
• Inheritance tax planning for Company Directors
• Succession Planning for Companies
• Pension trusts
• Personal Injury trusts