Rachel Hyndman > Debenhams Ottaway > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
Debenhams Ottaway Offices
IVY HOUSE
107 ST PETERS STREET
ST ALBANS
AL1 3EW
England
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Rachel Hyndman
Work Department
Wills, trusts and probate
Position
Rachel is a partner in the Wills, trusts and probate team. Rachel advises on all aspects of Wills, probate, tax planning and estate administration. Her experience also includes the fields of care of the elderly, nursing home fees, registration of enduring powers of attorney, lasting powers of attorney and deputyship work, as well as advising clients in relation to deferred payment schemes and disability facilities agreements with the local authority. Rachel’s client base includes a variety of private and high net worth clients based both locally in Hertfordshire and in London.
Career
Trained Turner & Debenhams (now Debenhams Ottaway); qualified 2008; partner 2020
Memberships
Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Private Client Section of the Law Society
Education
Rachel studied a MA in English Literature with Honours at the University of Dundee. Rachel then completed the Graduate Diploma of Law and Legal Practice Course at the College of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Debenhams Ottaway’s St Albans-based private client practice group is split across protecting and managing wealth, trusts, and lifetime planning. Jointly led by Susan Glenholme
and Claire Sharp, the team is praised for its ‘total reliability and trustworthiness’. Glenholme acts for HNWI and specialises in all aspects of private wealth management, whilst Sharp is an important name for managing trusts which range from small, life interest trusts through to large discretionary trusts. Rachel Hyndman is another important point of contact for lasting powers of attorney and court of protection matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery