Wills, Probate & Powers of Attorney

We have a highly experienced team who have helped our clients for many years

Wills, probate and powers of attorney are areas we have looked after for clients across Morecambe Bay, Lancaster and the South Lakes for many years, and further afield too.

Sorting out a will or a power of attorney can feel daunting, and it often comes at an emotional time. We will reassure you at every step and make sure you understand what is happening and why.

We can help you with:

  • Inheritance tax planning and trust creation
  • Making a will
  • Obtaining probate
  • Inheritance disputes
  • Drafting powers of attorney
  • Advice on asset preservation and care home fee planning
  • Court of protection applications

Will & Inheritance Tax Planning

Our team can help you with making a Will, IHT planning and trust creation and advice on asset preservation and care home fee planning.

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Probate & Estate Administration

We can offer you sensitive, reassuring advice and guidance at a difficult time.  We will look after you every step of the way .

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Powers of Attorney & Court of Protection

We can guide you through this complex area of work and can help you with making appropriate choices
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Advice with Inheritance Disputes

Experienced in dispute resolution and IHT and asset planning, we can provide you with expert advice and assistance disputed estates.

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Our Team

Our Private Client department consists of experienced probate specialists (with over ten years’ experience) and a team of highly trained probate assistants. The Team is supervised by Zoe Riley, who has been STEP qualified since 2017.

For further information on wills, probate and power of attorney or to arrange an initial meeting, please call us on 01524 402050 / 01539 565990 or email info@wrightandlord.com.

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I am so grateful for your help and the way you kept me informed about progress.

They totally looked after us in a professional, friendly manner. Thank You.

Thank you so much for everything you have done for us in sorting my Mum’s estate out in a timely manor and for the way that you kept us informed and up-dated at all stages. The service that you provided was very professional and also very caring. You also made things easy to understand and you made us feel very comfortable, which was a great help to us and I am so grateful that you were our solicitor.

I would also like to thank you so much for everything you did for my Mum.

Zoe was very friendly & knowledgeable and supported our Daughter, who is autistic through a difficult process with kindness & understanding.

I always see a friendly face or hear a friendly voice. Nothing is too much trouble.

More than legal advisors, a family orientated firm who always goes the extra mile.

Best Conveyancing & Legal Services Firm in the UK!!!

When selecting Wright & Lord to provide conveyancing c15 years ago, we were delighted to find that, despite being based 300 miles away from us, they provide a very efficient and personable service for very reasonable fees. Over the years they have handled many property transactions (residential & commercial), with the usual professionalism, to a point where we also used them for wills and other legal or financial services. We have never felt like a “numbered client” as the team are happy for us to know many of them by first names, without straying from their professional duty of care. We are now comfortably retired, having disposed of our property portfolio and would have no hesitation in recommending Wright & Lord as a legal services provider of exceptionally high standards.

We appreciate your help and guidance which we valued highly when you acted for us.

Communication is vital with legal matters so it was encouraging to be able to speak directly with the solicitor acting with us. Very personal service.