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###### Trusts, Wills and Probate Barrister | 30+ years experience

# Alana Graham

Alana is a private client lawyer with over 20 years' experience in advising clients in regard to tax planning, wills, trusts and company matters.

She has worked in direct access since 2004 when the public access scheme was first made available to barristers. Alana also advises many overseas clients and has received highly positive feedback.

## Biography

Under the public access scheme, Alana works directly with members of the public and/or their financial advisors. She also advises under the professional access scheme whereby members of professions such as accountants, financial advisors and insurance companies can come to her directly for advice.

Many of her clients say she is “very approachable” and another said that the “crystal clarity of [her] advice meant that [they] knew exactly what [they] could and could not do".

Alana advises clients on tax effective schemes, drafting relevant documentation to put the desired scheme in place. She also advises many overseas clients and has received highly positive feedback, including this comment from Florida, USA: “Many thanks for your excellent opinion on this matter”.

Alana represented the Defendant and won the landmark case of **Tod v Barton** which was the first case on the Hague Convention and which also involved the validity of tax planning with a deed of variation.

Alana advises clients on:

- Obtaining probate,   
   Administration of estates  
  Court of Protection matters  
  Elderly clients' tax planning and the protection of assets for long-term care  
   Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney  
   Succession matters  
   The interpretation of Will and trust clauses  
   The role and responsibilities of trustees.

Particular areas of experise include:

- ** Tax effective schemes:** Drafting relevant documentation to put the desired scheme in place.
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- ** Wills & Trusts:** Obtaining Probate, the administration of estates, Court of Protection matters, and advising Elderly Clients on tax planning and on the protection of assets for long term care; preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney; succession matters; on the interpretation of Will and trust clauses, and the role and responsibilities of trustees.

## Professional qualifications and associations

- Called to the Bar in 1993
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# Contact Alana

To get a quote for Alana's legal representation, call us today. Or fill out this form and we'll get back to you.  

### 0330 822 5481

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