Ian Johnston > Tees Law > Chelmsford, England > Lawyer Profile

Tees Law
Parkview House
Victoria Road South
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1NG
England

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Partner

Specialising in Private Client law, Ian’s workload includes advising on Inheritance tax succession planning, along with Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorneys. He is approached regularly in assisting business owners and farming clients in planning for the future and ensuring the passing of assets between generations. He regularly advises farming families on how to structure their business interests to ensure that their farming assets pass through the family as they would want. He specialises in dealing with complex Probate matters, and has been recognised as leading on several new complex farming probates.

Career

Trainee, Holmes and Hills, 2005-2007; Solicitor, Hill and Abbott, 2007-2010; Solicitor, Tees Law, 2010; Senior Associate , Tees Law, September 2022; Partner, Tees Law, 2023 – present

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Education

Law and International History, Keel University, 2001-2004; LPC, College of Law, London, 2004-2005

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Essex

(Next Generation Partners)

Ian JohnstonTees Law

With offices in Chelmsford, Brentwood and Saffron Walden, Tees Law‘s private client practice ‘has an outstanding reputation for quality’, and is equipped to handle an array of private client matters, including succession and tax planning, estate administration, and will preparation. The team is led by Ian Johnston, who is a key contact for wealthy individuals seeking advice on their business succession; Johnston also has strong connections to the farming community. Luck Luck Ooi and the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Sarah White, who joined from Thompson Smith and Puxon in April 2022, are also recommended.

South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates

The ‘highly knowledgable‘ practice at Tees Law is led by Letty Glaister in Royston who is renowned for her expertise in rural succession planning. David Miller splits his time between the firm’s offices and is experienced in energy projects, while Ian Johnston in Chelmsford works in conjunction with the firm’s property team on land and farm sales.