Alison Burn

Alison Hall TEP | Partner, Wills and Trusts

Email: alison.hall@wardhadaway.com

Tel: 0191 204 4431

Fax: 0191 204 4430

Alison has extensive experience advising prominent private clients in areas such as estate planning, inheritance tax, trusts and succession planning.

She acts for clients based across the whole of the North of England who include private individuals, entrepreneurs, trustees and farmers.

Alison is a member of the firm’s Private Wealth Team and also the Countryside Team. She works alongside Christopher Hewitt and William Green advising agricultural clients.

Alison has also been involved in the drafting of employee benefit trusts for commercial clients and the preparation of shareholder trusts to hold shareholder life policies which are subject to cross option agreements.

Experience

Alison’s experience includes:

  • Drafting wills and trusts ranging from simple family arrangements through to complex tax planning structures
  • Administering estates under both the intestacy rules and where there is a valid will
  • Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney and previously Enduring Powers of Attorney on behalf of clients and registering these documents
  • Preparing shareholder protection trusts