
Are you dealing with the loss of someone you love whilst being responsible for ensuring that their wishes are carried out, even if that means you may be personally out of pocket because of current probate delays?
Bates Wells & Braithwaite Head of Private Client Zoe Southgate explores the challenges around current delays in the probate process Let us start with...

Rebecca Minns, Private Client Executive, joins Bates Wells & Braithwaite
We have recently welcomed Rebecca Minns to the firm as a Private Client Executive. Rebecca joins the team with significant Tax and Trust expertise as...

Planning for your future – reach for your dreams but also safeguard against less welcome outcomes
Zoe Southgate, partner and Head of Private Client services at Bates Wells & Braithwaite in Ipswich highlights how having a power of attorney in...

Zoe Southgate, Head of our Private Client team, promoted to Partner
We congratulate Zoe Southgate who has been promoted to Partner. Zoe, who joined the firm earlier this year to head up the private client...

Legal reform is looking at protecting the vulnerable but could digital progress have the opposite effect?
Zoe Southgate, Head of Private Client at Bates Wells & Braithwaite Ipswich considers proposed reform and the challenges ahead for lawyers specialising in wills,...

When families fall out over your wishes – and you are no longer around to sort it out
Christopher Mason, Bates Wells & Braithwaite’s Head of Dispute Resolution and a specialist in contested wills and estates, explores how ensuring your will is...

Zoe Southgate joins Bates Wells & Braithwaite
Zoe Southgate joins to take the lead on wills, trusts and probate We have recently welcomed Zoe Southgate to the firm to head up...