About Joseph
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Joseph is a Legal Director in the Private Client Team. He specialises in the administration of deceased persons’ estates (probate), with a particular focus on:
- estates that are complex and or
- which have an international element and or
- which have become contentious (he liaises with his Dispute Resolution colleagues on the latter).
He also advises upon the preparation of wills and lifetime gifts and inheritance planning to include the preparation and administration of trusts.
Joseph acts for executors, administrators, trustees and individuals seeking to plan their lifetime affairs.
He guides clients through the legal and tax complexities (inheritance and certain other taxes) arising during a lifetime and particularly upon death.
Joseph has conversational French and German which assist him in dealing with the international aspects of estates.
He regularly contributes articles and comment in the press and was recognised as a legal influencer and category winner for “Private client – Cross-border” in the Lexology Content Marketing Awards in Q4 2018. He is also recognised as Top Recommended in Spear’s 2025 Tax & Trust Advisers Index.
Insights from Joseph
Fathers can be flexible too! Equal sharing of family responsibilities
Probate delays
Intestacy: increase in the statutory legacy
Wills and inheritance: 10 Cross-border Tips
Wills, probate and inheritance: 7 English and French tips
Brexit and domicile: EU nationals – exercise your choice before the government does it for you
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