Trusts
What is a Trust?
Putting your assets in a trust enables you to manage and protect your wealth, whether it’s in the form of property, money or investments, so it can be safely passed on to the next generation or whoever you would like to benefit. The trust is then managed and controlled by your appointed trustees.
You might decide to set up a trust to provide for your children or loved ones; manage compensation received after a personal injury or to reduce the amount of inheritance tax you have to pay. There are various types of trust available depending on who you want to pass your assets to and when you want your beneficiaries to have access to your assets.
Setting up a trust can be a complex affair, and it is important that your trust is precisely worded so that it accurately reflects your needs.
At Rothera Bray we can guide you through the process of making a trust including advising you on your options and suggesting the most appropriate trust for you depending on your circumstances and requirements.
Why use Rothera Bray for Trusts?
You will be assigned a member of our private client team who will work with you to find out more about your situation and your assets in order to provide you with advice tailored to your needs and requirements.
We can advise you on all aspects of trust and trust law including setting up and administering trusts.
We can advise trustees on their responsibilities, risks and duties in the role.
We can help with trust tax planning.
We can advise you on dealing with legacies to children under 18.
We can advise you on asset protection.
We can also advise on taxation of trusts and efficient tax planning, especially in relation to inheritance tax.
We can help you with:
- Discretionary Trusts
- Interest in Possession Trusts
- Bare Trusts
- Non-resident Trusts
- Mixed Trusts
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Kirsten Wood
Head of Wills and Probate
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Posted 25 April 2025
Excellent service from Carol Freeman and her team at Rothera Bray. I'm highly satisfied with her conveyancing work. Highly recommended.
Hui-Ling Kerr
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Posted 23 April 2025
Carol Freeman and her team were simply brilliant in the handling of our sale and purchase when we recently moved down to Suffolk. With their help and support a stressful and at times complicated transaction was made to seem easy.
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Posted 22 April 2025
I would highly recommend Marneya who has been a fantastic solicitor, who guided us through the process with great communication, always helpful and very patient.
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Posted 18 April 2025
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A Mullath
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Posted 16 April 2025
This house move for us at my age and health conditions could have been highly stressful as well as physically and mentally challenging. I must give all credit to our representative Deepika Vadher. Her communication was swift and sharp. I genuinely felt assured that my interests were a priority. I am most grateful for such a smooth and swift outcome.
Uday Parekh
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Posted 15 April 2025
Outstanding support and customer service from Georgina & specifically Chelsey for her kind attention to every step. If you have speeding ticket issues or any motoring related issues I would highly recommend Rothera Bray!
Matt Collcutt
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Posted 12 April 2025
Excellent service and communication through-out the process. The process is also totally digital thus, gave me that flexibility to conduct the transaction remotely. A target date was set and achieved. Thank you to Rothera Bray and especially Fatima! Highly recommended.
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Posted 11 April 2025
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Posted 11 April 2025
We used Rothera Bray for our recent house purchase. Our solicitor Abbey Freeman was absolutely brilliant and we would happily recommend to anybody. She made the entire process so smooth and stress free. Couldn't be happier with the service we received!
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Posted 11 April 2025
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Jeremy Allen
Partner
Jeremy Allen is a Wills, Probate and Trusts specialist at Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market offices in the heart of Nottingham City Centre.

Russell Dalby
Partner
Russell is a Partner based at our Market Harborough office and specialises in all areas of Private Client work. He predominantly deals with probate administration and estate planning work – such as advising on Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Inheritance Tax planning.

Ann Farnill
Partner
Ann Farnill is a Partner in Rothera Bray‘s Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre. She specialises in Wills, Inheritance Tax planning, Powers of Attorney including acting for lay attorneys, Estate planning and administration.

Nelissa Hicks
Partner
Nelissa is Partner at Rothera Bray with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. Nelissa has over 20 years’ experience as a Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts solicitor and is based at our Mapperley office. She is skilled in Inheritance Tax Planning and the Administration of Trusts and Estates.

Andrew Hitchon
Partner
Andrew has specialised in the private client sector for over 10 years. He is also a fully qualified TEP practitioner and deals with a wide range of legal expertise including Trusts and Tax Planning.

Richard Jackson
Partner
Richard is based at our Derby office and has over 25 years of experience dealing with all types of Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Probate / Estate Administration.

Martin Witherspoon
Partner
Martin provides advice and assistance with regard to Wills, Powers of Attorney and administration of estates at our West Bridgford Office.

Kirsten Wood
Partner & Head of Wills and Probate
Kirsten Wood leads the firm’s Wills and Probate department and is a partner with over 18 years’ experience specialising in will drafting, tax, trusts, estate administration and lasting powers of attorney.

James Briggs
Senior Associate Solicitor
James Briggs is a senior associate and private client solicitor at our Lace Market, Nottingham office.

Amelia Carruthers
Senior Associate Solicitor
Amelia Carruthers is a Senior Associate at Rothera Bray’s Derby office and is experienced in drafting wills, lasting powers of attorney, administering estates and providing tax advice and planning.

Sandra Garvey
Senior Associate
Sandra is a Senior Associate in our Wills & Probate department based at our Market Harborough office and has over 35 years in experience in dealing in all areas of Wills & Probate.

Julie Graham
Senior Associate Solicitor
Julie is a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Wills and Probate department and is based at our West Bridgford Office.

Carly Harwood
Senior Associate Solicitor
Carly Harwood is a Senior Associate Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Derby office.

Melissa Merry
Consultant
Melissa Merry is a Consultant in our Wills and Probate department, with over 30 years of experience in private client work. Melissa is based at our Lace Market office in Nottingham city centre.

Eleanor Robinson
Senior Associate Solicitor
Eleanor Robinson is a Wills, Probate and Trusts specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Sarah Soo
Senior Associate Solicitor
Sarah Soo is a Wills and Probate specialist at Nottingham-based law firm Rothera Bray Solicitors and has specialised in private client work since she began her career. Sarah is currently based in our Beeston office.

Amy Goodwin
Associate Solicitor
Amy Goodwin is an Associate in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate team and is based at our Derby office.

Rebecca Lee
Associate Solicitor
Rebecca is an Associate Solicitor in our Wills & Probate team based at our Leicester office.

Ed Granger
Solicitor
Ed Granger is a Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Rebecca Holmes
Legal Executive
Rebecca is a Legal Executive in our Wills & Probate team. She is based at our Lace Market office.

Jasmin Marshall
Solicitor
Jasmin Marshall is a Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Mapperley office.

Charlotte Pinkham
Solicitor
Charlotte Pinkham is a Solicitor in our Wills & Probate department. She is based at our Leicester office.

Alison Richardson
Legal Executive
Alison Richardson is a member of the wills, trust & probate team based at our Mapperley office.

Rebekah Royles
Legal Executive
Rebekah Royles is a Legal Executive in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Sarah Singh
Solicitor
Sarah Singh is a solicitor within Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate Department and is based at the firm’s West Bridgford office.

Laura Windsor
Chartered Legal Executive
Laura Windsor is a Chartered Legal Executive in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Beeston office.

Libby Birt
Private Client Executive
Libby Birt is a Private Client Executive in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Derby office.

Lacey Glover
Private Client Executive
Lacey Glover is a Private Client Executive in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department. She is based at our Beeston office but can visit clients across the East Midlands.

Sallie Poultney
Private Client Executive
Sallie is a Private Client Executive in the Private Client Department at our Market Harborough office. She advises clients on a range of private client services including Wills, Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Amanda White
Private Client Executive
Amanda is a Private Client Executive in the Private Client Department at our Leicester office. She advises clients on a range of private client services and has been handling her own caseload since 2014.

Toby Byford
Trainee Solicitor
Toby is a Trainee Solicitor in our Wills and Probate department and is currently based at our Lace Market office.

Talita Fantauzzi
Trainee Solicitor
Talita Fantauzzi is a Trainee Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Jack Cooper
Senior Paralegal
Jack Cooper is a Senior Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Anna Guy
Senior Paralegal
Anna Guy has over 10 years’ experience of working in law firms, and 7 years’ experience of dealing with Wills and Probate matters.

Rochelle Hutton
Senior Paralegal
Rochelle works in the private client team at the Market Harborough office, having joined the firm in November 2024.

Hollie Moore
Senior Paralegal
Hollie Moore is a Senior Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Mapperley office.

Lisa Warren
Senior Paralegal
Lisa Warren is a Senior Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate team and is based at our Derby office.

Beth Ault
Paralegal
Beth Ault is a Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Derby Office.

Morgan Bramley
Paralegal
Morgan is a Paralegal in our Private Client department and is based at the Lace Market office.

Brett James
Paralegal
Brett James is a Wills and Probate Paralegal at Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market office.

Michelle Kingston
Paralegal
Michelle Kingston is a Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Lace Market office.

Elaine Langley
Paralegal
Elaine is a Paralegal in the Wills and Probate department based at the West Bridgford office.

Jordan McBallantine
Paralegal
Jordan McBallantine is a paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Mapperley office.

Morgan McGahan
Paralegal
Morgan is a Paralegal in our Wills and Probate department and is based at our West Bridgford office.

Janet Prentice
Paralegal
Janet Prentice is a Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills, Probate and Trusts department and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Jessica Redden
Paralegal
Jessica Redden is a Paralegal in our Wills & Probate department and is based at our Beeston office.

Sarah Simpson
Paralegal
Sarah is a Paralegal in our Wills & Probate department based at Market Harborough office.

Gill Subbarao
Paralegal
Gill Subbarao is a Paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Wills and Probate department and is based at our Mapperley office.

Georgia Weller
Paralegal
Georgia is a Paralegal in our Private Client team. She is based at our Market Harborough office.

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