Christopher Hopkins > Butcher & Barlow LLP > Bury, England > Lawyer Profile
Butcher & Barlow LLP Offices
2 BANK STREET
BURY
BL9 0DL
England
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Christopher Hopkins
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Equity Partner and Head of Private Client
Career
Trained at Butcher & Barlow; Qualified in 2006; Partner in 2010; Equity in 2013
Memberships
Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners
Education
LLB (Hons) 2;1; LPC (Commendation)
STEP Diploma in Trusts & Estates (England & Wales) Distinction
Leisure
Football, guitar and gym
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Butcher & Barlow LLP is noted for its niche expertise in estate planning, inheritance tax mitigation, and related agricultural work for farmers, although the team also advises on the full spectrum of wills, estates, and tax matters. Practice head Christopher Hopkins specialises in trusts and long-term care planning. Mike Bracegirdle covers succession planning, while Philip Jennings and Samuel Dale are key contacts regarding Court of Protection work. Following solicitor Jessica Shore‘s departure in June 2021, the agricultural side of the practice was strengthened after Tim Bailey joined from Bowcock & Pursaill in September 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Property litigation