Ian Best > Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP > Uckfield, England > Lawyer Profile
Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP Offices
THE COURTYARD
RIVER WAY
UCKFIELD
TN22 1SL
England
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Ian Best
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 Cripps. Oliver 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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates South East > Private client
- Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery