Andrew Durkan > Sills & Betteridge LLP > Lincoln, England > Lawyer Profile

Sills & Betteridge LLP
Aquis House
18 – 28 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JN
England
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Work Department

Wills, trusts, probate and affairs of the older client.

Position

Recommended Lawyer 2024

Andrew offers specialist advice on all aspects of wills, trusts, probate, tax planning, lasting powers of attorney and issues involving the Court of Protection. Andrew also advises on issues relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Notable cases: Andrew acted for the family in the case of Re AD (2016, Court of Protection) successfully defending the application to rescind the deputyship order on the basis of recovery of capacity.

Career

Trained Sills & Betteridge; qualified 1997; partner 2003.

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Membership Committee

Education

St Bernard’s Secondary School; Thomas Rotherham College; University of Manchester (1992 BA Accounting and Law (Hons)); College of Law, Chester (1993 LSF).

Lawyer Rankings

East Midlands > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

Andrew Durkan and Richard Bussell are the key partners at the Lincoln office of Sills & Betteridge LLP, specialising in Wills and probate, and succession planning, including associated tax planning, respectively. David Wood has longstanding experience as a private client and tax specialist, with a particular emphasis on high net worth clients, business owners, farmers, landed estates and trustees.