Mr David Bird > Crane & Staples LLP > Welwyn Garden City, England > Lawyer Profile
Crane & Staples LLP Offices
LONGCROFT HOUSE
FRETHERNE ROAD
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
HERTFORDSHIRE
AL8 6TU
England
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Mr David Bird
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Partner and Head of Private Client Department, specialising in Tax planning, estate planning, lifetime gifts, Advice regarding Inheritance Tax, Preparation of Wills and LPAs, Estate Administration, General advice for the elderly and later life planning , Court of Protection applications and creation and administration of trusts.
Career
Qualified 1995; Joined Crane & Staples 2000; Partner 2003
Memberships
Solicitors for the Elderly – Fully accredited member (2003)
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (2004)
Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme
Leisure
Outdoor sports including skiing, cycling, mountain walking and indoor 5-a-side football.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
The team at Crane & Staples LLP exhibits an ‘unsurpassed depth of knowledge‘ when acting in matters concerning gift applications, trust management, statutory wills and agricultural estates. The ‘tremendously knowledgeable‘ David Bird heads up the Welwyn Garden City practice, with his longstanding expertise in the creation and administration of trusts and estates, in addition to the preparation of lasting powers of attorney. Samantha Webb is ‘willing to help in every way she can‘ when advising on declarations of trust and Court of Protection applications, while associate Georgina Christou has broad knowledge of inheritance tax planning and is ‘extremely efficient‘ when assisting with applications for deputyship orders. Tahir Nisar departed the practice to join Whiskers in April 2023.