Mrs Lorna Payne > Sydney Mitchell LLP > Shirley, England > Lawyer Profile
Sydney Mitchell LLP Offices
CHATTOCK HOUSE
346 STRATFORD ROAD
SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL
B90 3DN
England
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Mrs Lorna Payne
Work Department
Private Client Service, Wills, Trusts, Probate
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Lorna is a Senior Associate in the Private Client Team.
Lorna assists private clients and advises on wills, powers of attorney and tax planning. She also deals with applications for grants of probates and administering estates and advises trustees.
Her specialisms include trust law, tax and succession planning.
She helps clients to meet their objectives by taking time to understand their needs. She believes in a holistic approach to advising clients and thinks a lot can be gained from listening and finding out what is important to clients.
Lorna is very approachable and prides herself in explaining matters in simple, easy to understand language rather than legal jargon. She understands the importance and benefit of working with a client’s existing professional advisers where appropriate.
Lorna handles a variety of private client work including:
- Administration of estates from initial instruction through to final winding up
- Advice regarding trusts
- Inheritance tax planning advice
- Court of Protection applications
- Advice on, creation and registration of, lasting powers of attorney
- Drafting of complex wills
Memberships
STEP – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Lorna is a member of the STEP Birmingham Committee and an officer responsible for administration and marketing at STEP Birmingham
Education
- STEP
- November 2019 – Advanced Certificate in Will Preparation
- July 2015, TEP – Trust Estate Practitioner
- Legal Practice Course (LPC) – 2011 Commendation
- Graduate Diploma in Law – The College of Law Birmingham – July 2009
- BA(Hons) Business – Anglia Polytechnic University – 2002
Leisure
Lorna enjoys spending time with friends and family. She enjoys travelling and is a keen skier, normally skiing annually with a large group of friends. She also enjoys live music.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Real estate > Property litigation