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Russell-Cooke LLP Offices

Russell-Cooke LLP
2 PUTNEY HILL
LONDON
SW15 6AB
England
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Rita Bhargava

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Work Department

Private client.

Position

Rita is a partner in the private client team and leads the mental capacity team. She specialises in private client work and advises on a wide range of matters including wills, administration of estates, power of attorney, trusts and tax planning.

Rita leads the mental capacity team and has extensive experience in Court of Protection matters specialising in property and financial affairs

Career

Dale & Newbery 1998-2004, private client lawyer; Carter Bells 2004-2007; Russell Cooke 2007-present.

 

Languages

Hindi.

Memberships

  • Member Past Chair of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) England and Wales
  • Current committee member of STEP Central London
  • Member of Resolution
  • Member of Westminster & Holborn Equality and Diversity Committee

Education

LLB with honours and LPA with Commendation

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Court of protection

Gareth Ledsham and Rita Bhargava jointly head the practice at Russell-Cooke LLP, which has ‘great depth of knowledge and is always sensitive to their client’s needs’. The team is also ‘well equipped to handle cases with cross-border issues’. The group has considerable experience in advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious Court of Protection matters. It is well equipped to deal with matters spanning both property and finance, as well as health and welfare. The team is recommended for its help to incapacitated clients on decisions involving the use of technology and social media, as well as advising those who own cryptocurrency or digital assets. Vanessa Collins joined the team in November 2023 from Sinclairslaw.

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