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Cleaver Fulton Rankin Offices

Cleaver Fulton Rankin
50 BEDFORD STREET
BELFAST
BT2 7FW
United Kingdom
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Michael Graham

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028 9027 1332 m.graham@cfrlaw.co.uk

Work Department

Private client

Position

Michael is the head of Cleaver Fulton Rankin’s Private Client Department which offers a full service to clients including wills, administration of estates and trusts, tax planning and matters affecting elderly clients. He also deals with a substantial amount of Office of Care & Protection Work including Controllerships and applications for statutory wills. Michael was instrumental in the formation of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners in November 2007. Michael was Chairman of the branch from 2021 to 2015.

Career

Michael trained at Boyd & Hutchinson, London, qualifying in 2002. Michael then worked at James Murland & Company, Downpatrick (2003-04), before joining Cleaver Fulton Rankin in 2005. Michael was made Director in the firm in 2010.

Memberships

Michael is a member of Law Society of England and Wales; Law Society of Northern Ireland; and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Michael is  a founding member of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Education

Michael graduated from University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1999 with an LLB (Hons) and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from University of Northumbria in 2000.

Lawyer Rankings

Northern Ireland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

(Hall of Fame)

Michael Graham –Cleaver Fulton Rankin

The ‘efficient and responsive’ Cleaver Fulton Rankin team is active for high net worth clients in the full range of matters. The group has further expertise in the administration of private and charitable trusts. Team lead Michael Graham is a past chair of the Northern Ireland branch of the society of trust & estate practitioners, and has expertise in tax, the administration of estates, and issues affecting elderly clients. Jonathan Forrester has strength in contentious matters, including proceedings to remove executors, breach of trust claims, and inheritance tax. Timothy Rankin is noted for his expertise in the operation of trusts. Associate director Brid McColgan is a key name.

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