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Charles Hicks

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Work Department

Private client.

Position

Partner specialising in trusts, probate, wills, capital taxation and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals for the past 40 years. He has assisted numerous families to resolve family disputes relating to trust, probate and inheritance matters, usually managing to engineer a satisfactory conclusion by agreement without expensive and protracted litigation.

In the 90s he focused on the problems of Lloyd’s membership, particularly at the individual level, advising in excess of 1,000 clients over time and at action group level. He is now the firm’s COLP and COFA and focuses primarily on compliance and risk management matters.

Career

Charles qualified at Wedlake Bell, became a Partner in 1975 and has been Head of the Private Client Team.

Memberships

He is a member of STEP, the Law Society’s Private Client Section the Country Land Owners Association, Historic Houses Association and the Land Trusts Association.

Education

Marlborough College; Clare College, Cambridge (1967 MA).

Leisure

Messing about in boats, shooting.