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Kathryn Layzell
Position
Kathryn deals with all aspects of trust and estate administration including wills and tax planning matters. She is a member of the firm’s Elderly Client Services Team and has a particular interest in dealing with issues affecting older clients such as the preparation of lasting powers of attorney, applications to the Court of Protection, and funding long term care. She has regularly given seminars about local authority care funding and making applications for NHS Continuing Care funding. She is also a member of the firm’s Legacy Team providing support to charities dealing with issues arising from the administration of estates.
She regularly delivers seminars and workshops to charities and individuals about planning for later life, local authority care funding and making applications for NHS Continuing Care funding.
Career
Kathryn qualified as a solicitor in 2003 having studied law at Plymouth University and completed her training contract with Somerset firm Porter Dodson. She joined Stone King in 2004.
Memberships
Kathryn is a full member of The Association of Lifetime Lawyers and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
In addition to handling ‘all aspects of trust and probate work‘, Stone King LLP‘s Bath-based family practice offers clients a ‘wealth of experience‘ in international tax matters and in the administration of agricultural estates. Kathryn Layzell and Alison Allen, who regularly represent vulnerable clients as a court-appointed deputy, jointly head up the team with cross-border tax and succession planning specialist Daniel Harris, who excels in UK-France and UK-US matters. Andrew Mortimer is well versed in landed estate matters and inheritance tax planning.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate