Wards Solicitors LLP

Personal tax, trusts and probate

Jenny Pierce, Partner, is Head of the Wills, Probate and Mental Capacity team at Wards Solicitors and specialises in Will writing, probate, long term care planning, capital tax planning, elderly client law and trusts and law relating to mental capacity.

In 2015 Jenny was appointed to the Office of the Public Guardian's prestigious Panel of Professional Deputies and is frequently appointed as a Professional Deputy for Property and Affairs, for vulnerable clients who lack capacity. She also has a STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Vulnerable clients.

Full member of Society of Trust and Estate Planners (STEP) since 2006. STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Vulnerable clients since 2016 Full member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) since 2012 SFE Client Care in Practice Award since 2015 Regional Coordinator for Bristol & Bath Solicitors For the Elderly (SFE) since 2002 Director on the national board of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) since 2018 Appointed to the Office of the Public Guardian’s prestigious Panel of Professional Deputies in 2015 Member of Law Society Probate Section The Winner of the Association of Women Solicitors 2010 award for the Best Woman Solicitor Managing a Probate Practice Has specialised in Will writing, probate, long term care planning, capital tax planning, elderly client law and trusts and law relating to mental incapacity since 1994