Adam joined Burley Geach Haslemere in September 2019 from a firm based in West Sussex. He specialises in private client work such as wills and powers of attorney, the administration of estates and trusts, inheritance tax and court of protection work. Adam qualified as a solicitor in 2010 having trained with a large Surrey firm.
Expertise
- Will drafting (including complex trust provisions)
- Probate and estate administration
- Making and registering lasting powers of attorney
- Registering enduring powers of attorney
- Trust administration
- Inheritance tax mitigation
- Court of Protection applications
Recent work
- Divorce involving several properties
Acting for a wife and securing a financial settlement that involved the transfer of a number of properties into her name.
- Divorce and complicated pensions
Acting for a husband in a divorce that involved an overseas pension fund worth in excess of £1.8 million where the fund held properties as part of the investment.
- Children proceedings and welfare concerns
Acting for a father in securing an order for his children to live with him where there were serious welfare concerns in respect of the mother.
- Pre Nuptial Agreements
The preparation of a detailed pre nuptial agreement involving four properties and overseas assets.
Accreditations
- Accredited Resolution member
- All issues Resolution qualified mediator
Personal interests
Outside of work Adam is kept busy with his family. He particularly enjoys listening to music and record collecting and going to gigs when time permits, as well as reading, cooking, swimming, travel and the occasional games of squash and badminton.