9.12.2024
Executors’ and Administrators’ Duties
Introduction When someone dies, others need to take on the formal responsibility for dealing with the deceased’s estate. If...
Read moreWillow is a paralegal working in the Private Client department assisting Suzanna Baker and Samantha Tayler-Auld. She joined the firm in February 2024.
Willow graduated from the University of Bristol in 2021 with an LLB in Law with Study in Continental Europe (2.1). She went on to complete an LLM in Legal Practice (with integrated LPC) at the University of Law, graduating in 2022 with Distinction. She then spent a year working as an assistant in a Classics library, before joining Osbornes. She also speaks French.
In her spare time, Willow loves reading, learning languages, and visiting museums.
With a deep sense of gratitude, I want to thank you all for your diligent and comprehensive contributions and assistance in my legal travails.
I am sure you know how stressful legal proceedings can be for everyday laypersons like myself. Thankfully, you have been a bastion of support and reassurance during these trying months, and I struggle to find the right words to express my sincere gratitude.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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The team receives a steady flow of instructions from high-net-worth individuals and families on an array of tax planning, wealth preservation, estate and succession planning issues
I think this firm has excellent strength and depth in this area, for both contentious and non-contentious work, and they can hold their own against any other firm.
I have found them to be incredibly knowledgeable and pragmatic in settling claims for their clients.
The contested estates team is strong with talented young solicitors doing good quality work
The nimble team acts for a broad range of high-net-worth individuals and families on a variety of complex estate and trust litigation.
Osbornes has a ‘strong private client department’ and ‘the firm seems to be going from strength to strength’.
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