Elizabeth Davies > HCR Hewitsons > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
HCR Hewitsons Offices
50-60 Station Road
CB1 2JH
England
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Elizabeth Davies
Work Department
Private Wealth
Position
Partner specialising in tax and estate planning, wills, trusts and probate.
Career
Trained Hewitsons; qualified 1996; partner 2001.
Memberships
Law Society. A member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practioners)
Education
Bishop Fox’s School, Taunton; Richard Huish College, Taunton; Nottingham University (1993 BA 2(1) Law); Nottingham Law School (LPC distinction).
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
(Leading individuals)The private client practice at HCR Hewitsons, described as being ‘very strong technically’ is led from Cambridge by Daniel Curtis, whose broad practice includes advising clients with foreign property or those who are domiciled abroad. Key practitioner Bernadette O’Reilly handles specific reliefs such as BPR and APR, and the protection of family assets and succession planning through wills and other measures. Elizabeth Davies frequently acts as trustee for trusts including private company shares, development land and diversified landed estates. The ‘brilliant’ Katherine Hague advises on capital tax planning for individuals and trustees. Senior associate Kelly Wardell is sought after for advice on estate planning.
East Anglia > Private client > Agriculture and estates
HCR Hewitsons in Cambridge exhibits ‘fantastic experience and knowledge of the local area’, and the practitioners in the team ‘give clients the confidence that they are being listened to and understood, and that they are in the best possible hands’. Head of agriculture and rural affairs Denise Wilkinson and private client partner Elizabeth Davies are the most prominent practitioners in the large practice. The ‘outstanding’ James Frankland and ‘very bright, extremely personable’ legal director Emily Pumfrey are recommended for property-related matters. Simon Biggin, who frequently works with the NFU, advised Broadland Agricultural Water Abstractors Group on the Environment Agency’s Restoring Sustainable Abstraction programme.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates East Anglia > Private client
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge East Anglia > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms