Trustee Duties: Lessons To Be Learned
A recent court case in Wales involving a mother accused of stealing her daughters’ £50,000 inheritance while acting as a Trustee highlights…
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A Senior Solicitor in our Private Client team in St Andrews, Ross assists individuals, couples and families on a range of Private Client matters including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Executries (Testate and Intestate) and Inheritance Tax Planning. He is particularly interested in Inheritance Tax Planning as well as Executries.
Ross adopts a pragmatic approach for his clients and is recognised for his understanding and empathetic nature.
Before joining Thorntons as a Trainee Solicitor, Ross studied for his LLB (Honours) and Diploma in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Dundee.
He is a board member of the C.A.F.E Project in Arbroath and a member of Arbroath Rotaract. Ross is a STEP qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and He is also a Notary Public.
Ross Cargill's articles
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Personal Planning for Business Owners
Often you will invest time, money and hard work in setting up your own business but when it comes to planning for the future of that…
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Are you too young to have a Will?
“That's something my parents would do”, “That won’t affect me”, “I don’t have any assets”, “Why should I see a solicitor?”
It is easy to…
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Planning for care home fees – what are my options?
One of the most common questions clients have is how to protect their assets from the increasing cost of care should they require to go…
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Funding the cost of care.
With the cost of care homes ever increasing we are experiencing an increase in clients expressing concerns about protecting their capital…