Lee Bolton Monier-Williams

Private client.

Michael is a Consultant in Private Client.

Michael was articled at Lee Bolton & Lee, being admitted to the Roll 1982; partner Lee Bolton & Lee 1986; partner Lee Bolton Monier-Williams LLP 2008 – 2021; Consultant Lee Bolton Monier-Williams LLP 2021 to date. Former deputy registrar to the Dioceses of Canterbury and Ely; Trustee of a major almshouse charity in Canterbury (and formerly the Clerk to the Trustees for over thirty years); solicitor to a literary estate exploiting, collecting and distributing royalty income. Current directorships and trusteeships include a Charity supporting the Anglican Church of St Andrew Tangier, one of the oldest churches in North Africa.

Michael has for many years advised on all aspects of private client, wealth and tax work; in addition to which he also has considerable experience in the areas of ecclesiastical property and charities. He is the secretary and solicitor to the Trustees of the Pooh Properties, who manage the copyrights in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories and poems of A A Milne on behalf of the (largely charitable) beneficiaries under Milne’s Will.    He is a trustee of an estate in the West Midlands which is managed on behalf of multiple beneficiaries, who are a mixture of the descendants of the original family owners and two large Canadian charities.

Publications of note: Charity Land & Premises (a guide for trustees) (jointly with the late N J Richens) (Jordans, 1995).

City of Westminster & Holborn Law Society (Committee 2013, senior vice-president 2014; president 2014-15).

King’s School, Canterbury; Law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1976-1979; BA 1979, MA 1983 MA).

Music (especially opera); food and drink; and transport systems, especially inland waterways and the railways of India and elsewhere in the former British Empire.

Clubs: Millwall Rugby Club, he is also a trustee of the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, of which he has been a member since 1979. He also chairs the Wine Committee of the Club.