
- Tel:
- Work 01223 461155
- Fax:
- Fax 01223 316511
- DX:
- 133155 CAMBRIDGE 8
- Email:
- Web:
- www.hewitsons.com
Elizabeth Herbert
- Tel:
- Work 01223 461155
- Email:
Work Department
Private Wealth
Position
Solicitor
Career
Since joining the Private Wealth team in October 2015 Elizabeth has advised clients on a range of estate planning and tax related issues, trusts and probate. She has also assisted with applications to the Court of Protection for deputyships and Statutory Wills.
Member
A member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Education
Elizabeth read modern languages at Bristol University before converting to law and completing the GDL and LPC at the University of Law, Bloomsbury. She trained at Withers LLP completing seats in Private Client, Contentious Trusts and Succession, Corporate, and Commercial Litigation.
East Anglia: Private client
Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
Within: Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
Hewitsons provides ‘excellent prompt, reliable and trustworthy service‘. 'Its expertise in this area is excellent and it provides very practical advice', remarks one client. The practice administers a large number of trusts and has recognised expertise in tax planning and probate matters. Head of department Daniel Curtis is ‘extremely experienced and knowledgeable and is adept at asking pertinent questions, anticipating issues and suggesting solutions'. He regularly advises family trusts on issues including succession planning, the establishment of limited liability partnerships, inheritance tax and property relief. Elizabeth Davies handles estates with complex agricultural and business tax relief issues and is ‘first class – friendly, patient, good at explaining issues in an unhurried manner‘. Bernadette O’Reilly, who advises on trusts, tax, charities, probate and succession planning issues for UK and international clients, and associates Emma Satterly and Kelly Wardell 'provide an outstanding service with a huge amount of common sense and practical advice'. Clients also describe solicitor Elizabeth Herbert as ‘extremely pleasant, friendly, and up-to-date in her knowledge of international law; she gives welcome and sound advice’.