Ms Jill Rushton > Hugh Jones Solicitors > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Hugh Jones Solicitors Offices
2, THE MALT HOUSE
DEVA CITY OFFICE PARK
MANCHESTER
M3 7BD
England
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Ms Jill Rushton
Work Department
Court of Protection and Expert Witness
Position
Jill is a Director at Hugh Jones Solicitors, joining the firm in 2022 from Stephensons LLP, where she was a partner and Head of their Court of Protection Team.
Jill specialises in all aspects of Property and Finances Court of Protection work and has acted as an Expert Witness on Court of Protection matters in primarily high value personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Some of these matters have been looked after by Jill for a decade or more.
As a Director of the Hugh Jones Trust Corporation, Jill acts as Deputy for clients who have lost capacity and her work includes the management of significant settlements which are used to fund care and therapy packages, specialist equipment and property purchases/ adaptation projects.
Jill has a wealth of experience in the following:
- Expert Witness work and litigation support
- Applications to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a Deputy, the approval of Gifts, Statutory Wills and for the discharge of a protected party
- Day to day management of both Deputyships and Trusts
- Financial management and investment of the settlements
- Supporting lay Deputies to help them carry out their role
- Elderly client law
- Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Trusts
- Wills and Probate
Jill is also a TEP, a member of Solicitors for the Elderly and a Dementia Friend.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
A leading player in Court of Protection work, Hugh Jones Solicitors is regularly appointed as deputies to act on the behalf of vulnerable individuals. Name partner Hugh Jones
specilaises in mental capacity work, as well as complex asset tracing and financial abuse investigation work; he routinely works alongside Chris Gallagher, who is well versed in Lasting Powers of Attorney issues, the appointment and removal of deputies, as well as a broad range of property and affairs applications. The team has recently bolstered its capacity for a full-service, with the arrival of Jill Rushton from Stephensons Solicitors LLP, a move which expands the already strong private client team, headed by Charlotte Crawford. Managing director Elizabeth Hughes continues to oversee the practice’s Court of Protection work, including complex clinical negligence cases, while Catherine Oakes is actively involved in mental capacity and personal injury issues.