Rachel qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2011. She has been working in law since 2003 and originally practised conveyancing but in 2008 decided that she wanted to be a private client lawyer and has specialised in this area since then.
Rachel joined BTTJ in June 2025 and prior to that she worked at large commercial law firms in Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon.
Rachel specialises with dealing with the administration of estates. She has experience in dealing with a variety of estates and she can deal with problems such as missing wills and missing beneficiaries. She can also assist with intestacies (where a person dies without having made a will).
Being a farmer’s daughter, she has a particular interest in agricultural estates and can deal with claims for Agricultural Property Relief and Business Relief.
She can advise beneficiaries on post death variations to the will and deeds of appointment from trusts contained in the will.
Rachel spends 100% of her time working on private client matters.
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Farmers received the welcome news before Christmas that the limit for Agricultural Property Relief (APR) was going to be increased. Since the 1990s farmers have been able to claim APR on agricultural land and farm buildings used for the purposes of agriculture. In some circumstances they were also able to claim Business Relief (BR) on assets that were used in the farming business, but...
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