Daniel Harris > Stone King LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Daniel Harris
Work Department
Head of International and Cross-Border and Private Client Sector.
Position
Daniel is a Partner and Head of the firm’s specialist International and Cross-border Unit and also the Head of the Charity Legacy Team. He advises UK and overseas private clients as well as charities and other solicitors on succession and taxation issues in all jurisdictions of the world.
Career
Dan is a full member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) and the Franco British Lawyers Society and a member of the Law Society of England and Wales Cross Border Special Interest group.
He regularly speaks at client events and writes on cross-border succession and probate matters. He is a cross-border consultant to other solicitors; he provides nationwide training for professional organisations and to other solicitors and lectures on cross border matters on behalf of (amongst others) the Law Society.
Dan’s work as head of of Stone King’s Charity Legacy Team sees him acting for some of the UK’s largest charities, providing advice on some extraordinarily complex cross-border legacies, as well as providing training on cross border charity legacy administration and marketing.
Leisure
In his spare time he pilots a 4-seat aircraft he built himself, to (amongst other destinations) France with his wife and daughter and is a member of the Light Aircraft Association.
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.
South West > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Stone King LLP specialises in handling legacy disputes for a roster of charity clients and is noted for its cross-border contentious offering, routinely acting in cases involving trust and will claims over offshore estates. Luke Watson heads up the practice and regularly defends charities in Inheritance Act 1975 claims over high-value estates, while Daniel Harris is a key contact for many of the team’s foreign charities, as well as for UK charities receiving legacies from internationals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate South West > Private client
- Personal tax, trusts and probate South West > Private client
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