Ian Best > Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP > Uckfield, England > Lawyer Profile

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP
THE COURTYARD
RIVER WAY
UCKFIELD
TN22 1SL
England

Work Department

Wills and Estate Planning

Position

Ian is Head of Rix & Kay’s Probate Team based in Uckfield and a member of Rix & Kay’s Wills and Estate Planning Team.  He has many years experience advising individuals about Wills, Personal Tax, Estates and Inheritance Tax Planning.  He is a member of the Society of Estate Practitioners, Solicitors for the Elderly and the Private Client Section of the Law Society.

Career

Trained Sargent & Probert (now Foot Anstey), Exeter; qualified 1986; Fuller Cooper Solicitors, Seaford 1986-2005; partner Rix & Kay 2005.

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; Solicitors for the Elderly.

Education

Brighton College; Exeter University (1980 Law).

Leisure

Sports and family.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP’s core offering involves advising high-net-worth individuals and families on tax, specialist trusts and succession planning matters. The private client team, which spans the Kent and Sussex regions, collaborates with the corporate practice to act for business owners, directors and shareholders. Team leader Bruce Clarke has wide-ranging private client experience and advises on complex tax and estate planning work, creating and administering trusts, and advising on powers of attorney and mental capacity law. Clients praise Ian Best as an ‘exceptional asset’ to the practice; he has specialist expetise in will drafting, probate and trust tax compliance work. Member of STEP Max Wright has extensive knowledge of capital tax planning issues, CGT, IHT, trusts and succession planning, as well as cross-border work.

South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates

Frequently handling the sale and development of farming land throughout Kent and Sussex, Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP is led by the ‘faultless’ Richard CrippsOliver Bussell is knowledgeable of environmental issues and planning applications, while Ian Best in Uckfield is adept in tax reliefs. Bruce Clarke is based in Sevenoaks and assists clients with probate and estate administration. Individuals mentioned split their team between Sevenoaks and Ashford, unless stated otherwise.