In 2005 the firm took over a trust and tax planning practice in Suffolk formerly known as Josselyns. This was a three partner firm, which had been practising for 150 years, with a well deserved reputation for excellence in trust administration, tax planning and private client work generally. At this time, Denise Church joined the practice, with her team of private client lawyers. Denise is a respected specialist in trust and private client work generally, and was up until only recently the Chair of the Suffolk branch of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) for over nine years, as well as acting as an external receiver appointed by the Public Guardianship office.

The Trust and Probate department is located in New Street, Woodbridge, the former premises of Josselyns. “The clients of the Josselyns practice have the reassurance that their work continues to be dealt with by largely the same staff as previously” says Denise Church, “who now have the back up of the rest of the firm and are therefore able to handle a somewhat wider range of business for them”.