Members of our Succession and Tax team pride themsleves on the way in which they work with their clients, helping them through what can be very difficult and emotional times in their lives. But rather than have to ask you to take our word for it, below we provide just a selection of comments that have been fed back to us by the leading UK legal directories and our clients.

what the legal directories say about us...

" "...knowledge and attention to client service" [Blake Lapthorn] has a respected succession and tax planning practice; it also advises entrepreneurs, academics and landed clients on probate matters."

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2011

"Blake Lapthorn’s "professional, caring and courteous" team [...] "answer clients" many complicated queries in a quick and efficient manner’.

The Legal 500 2010

what our clients say about us...

"We would like to thank you for the friendly and professional way you dealt with our Wills"
Mr & Mrs A, Bucks

"We would like to thank you and your colleagues at Blake Lapthorn for your invaluable help in administering the estate"
Mr W, Beckley
 
"Thank you for your efficient and courteous handling of our affairs"
Mr R, Blackpool
 
"Thank you for a speedy settlement of what I believe is usually a long drawn out affair!"
Mr J, Oxford
 
"Thank you once again for your speedy resolution of this matter"
Mr & Mrs T, Kidlington
 
"Thank you so much for our Wills...we are most grateful for the huge amount of trouble you took with them, the patience you showed with our changes of mind and the willingness you displayed to explain clearly all the things we didn't understand...for us it was a pleasure to do business with you"
Mr & Mrs H, Oxford
 
"Thank you for your professional expertise and help to sort out the estate and bring it to complete closure"
Mr H, Abingdon
 
"I would like to thank you for the prompt and efficient way in which you conducted our business and for making such a complex issue so clear to us. The whole process was certainly much easier than we had thought it was going to be"
Mrs J, Oxford
 
"I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for all the help you have given me over the last few months, you've been great listening to my moaning and groaning and all the (sometimes) stupid questions I've asked!"
Mrs M, Oxford
 
"Thank you very much indeed for all your help and professionalism in dealing with my father's estate - we are very grateful to you"
Mrs S, Glouchestershire
 
"I would like to thank you for all your work on my behalf and it is really important to me to have someone who I feel I can trust and advise me"
Mr B, Reading
 

"May I take this opportunity to thank you for the service you have provided during this less than straightforward probate. Your advice has helped me keep things in perspective during a very trying and difficult period."
Mrs C, Middlesex

"I am amazed at what has been achieved with regard to the administration of my late aunt's estate. This is largely due to the excellent help and advice you have provided and I have been constantly impressed with your speed and efficiency."
Mr S, Oxfordshire

"I would like to thank you [...] for the kind and caring way in whcih you both dealt with my late husband's estate and helped me through a sad and difficult time in my life."
Mrs C, Romsey

"Thank you for all the work you have carried out on our behalf which has been very much appreciated. It has been very reassuring to be able to discuss various points with you and I have valued the advice you have given."
Mr C, Shropshire

"Thank you very much for your excellent advice and help with our Wills."
Mr M, Belgium

"I am writing to say how much we both have appreciated the professional and sympathetic dealings you have had with us whilst my mother's estate was being administered. I know it is your job and is why we employ you, but it really has been such a help to have someone always there is answer questions and problems however trivial. Therefore a very stressful and emotional time has been made much easier and simpler for us."
Mrs L, Berkshire

"I want to take the time to thank you all for the help and the kindness I have been given in what has been a difficult time for me [...] I felt that they have gone the extra mile for me and for that I thank them."
Mrs E, Portsmouth

"Can I re-iterate my thanks to James Antoniou for making this whole process straight forward and hassle-free. Both my sister and I much appreciated your helpful, friendly and efficient approach right from the outset and are very grateful - thank you!"
Mrs G, Warwickshire

"I am impressed with the efficient way in which you and your team have dealt with my father's estate, dealing with queries promptly, regardless of the form in which you received them."
Ms H, Richmond, Surrey

"I shall certainly use Blake Lapthorn in the future and recommend your prompt and helpful services to anyone. During a stressful period it has been really good to know that you were actively diminishing rather than adding to my worries!"
Mrs H, Headington

"May I take this opportunity of thanking you and your colleagues at Blake Lapthorn for the efficient and courteous way in which you dealt with my sister's estate."
Mr R, Horsham

For further information or to talk to someone about a specific matter, please contact a team member in the office nearest you:

Rachel Brooks, partner and head of Private Client Services group in our Portsmouth office, on 023 9228 2714 or at rachel.brooks@bllaw.co.uk.

James Antoniou, partner in our Oxford office, on 01865 254286 or at james.antoniou@bllaw.co.uk.

Fiona Fox, solicitor in our Southampton and Portsmouth offices, on 023 8085 7282 / 023 9228 2748 or at fiona.fox@bllaw.co.uk.

Douglas Smith, partner in our London office, on 020 7814 5438 or at douglas.smith@bllaw.co.uk.

Alternatively, email our general enquiries helpdesk on privateclientinfo@bllaw.co.uk.