Wills, Probate & Trusts
Richard Pollock
Position
Partner
Branch
Liskeard
Specialist Area
Private Client: with a particular emphasis on tax-planning, trusts, agriculture and estates; as well as a specialist interest in charity law.
Memberships
- Full Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Member of the Probate Section of Law Society
- Member of the Charity Law Association
- Recommended in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories where he is described as “warm, friendly and professional, and inspires confidence”.
Year qualified 1997
Year joined Coodes 2005
Contact
Branch: Liskeard
Secretary: Karen Snell
Telephone: 01579 347600
Kate Ayland
Position
Solicitor
Branch
Launceston
Contact
01566 770000
Ed Coode
Position
Solicitor
Branch
St Austell
Specialist Area
Private Client & Charity Law: Trusts, Partnerships, Tax Planning, Agriculture, Wills, Probate & Powers of Attorney.
Memberships
Charity Law Association
Year qualified 2009
Year joined Coodes 2010
Contact
Branch: St Austell
Secretary: Juliette Taylor 01726 874700
Telephone: 01726 874700
Sarah Cornish
Position
Solicitor
Branch
Liskeard
Specialist Area
All areas of Private Client work, including Tax-Planning, Trusts, Wills, Probate, Agricultural and Estates, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection work.
Memberships
- STEP
- Society for the Elderly
- Law Society Probate Section
- Cornwall Law Society
Year qualified 2007
Year joined Coodes 2008
Contact
Branch: Liskeard
Secretary: Sue Bishop
Telephone: 01579 347600
Jonathan Eade
Position
Partner
Branch
St Austell
Gemma Sampson
Position
Solicitor
Branch
Launceston
Specialist Area
All aspects of Private Client work. Drafting of Wills; Probate and Administration of Estates; Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney; Court of Protection work; Managing the affairs of the incapable and vulnerable; Estate Planning using Wills, trusts and lifetime giving; Inheritance Tax advice; Advnace Directives (Living Wills) in relation to Medical Treatment; Preserving assets in the event of long term residential or nursing care; Advice on financial responsibility and funding for long term care, including NHS funded care.
Memberships
- Full Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Member of the Probate Section of Law Society
- Member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE)
- Completion of Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists Diploma
- Member of Devon and Somerset Law Society and Cornwall Law Society
Year qualified 2002
Year joined Coodes 2004
Contact
Branch: Launceston
Telephone: 01566 770000
Jenny Screech
Position
Solicitor & Trust Administrator
Branch
Liskeard
Memberships
- Cornwall Law Society
- Devon & Somerset Law Society
Year Qualified 2001
Year joined Coodes 2009
Contact
Tel: 01579 347600
Louise Southwell
Position
Partner
Branch
Penzance
Specialist Area
All areas of Private Client work, including Tax-Planning, Trusts, Wills, Probate, Agricultural and Estates, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection work. Louise acts for a number of elderly clients as Deputy under Court of Protection and for many people as Attorney.
Memberships
- Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Society for the Elderly
- Cornwall Law Society
Louise is the Secretary of the Older Peoples Forum and a co-opted Trustee of Age Concern
Trained in bereavement counselling, she is very experienced in working with bereaved and vulnerable people
Year qualified 1999
Year joined Coodes 2006
Contact
01736 362294
Rebecca Standing
Position
Legal Executive
Branch
Truro
Contact
01872 246200
