Stuart Goodbody
Partner
Specialisms and expertise
- Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and estate planning for individuals and families
- Wills and trusts
- Probate
- Powers of Attorney
Type of client
- Individuals with assets that need protecting and passing on within the family, including business owners and senior company executives
- Trustees and executors
- Beneficiaries of trusts and estates
Past and present projects
- Estate and tax planning through Wills and various types of lifetime gift, including settlements and investment-based schemes
- Creation, modification and termination of family trusts
- Trust arrangements for life and pension policies
- Bespoke co-ownership agreements for residential property
- Will preparation and probate for foreign domiciliaries
- Cross border estate administration
- Advice on a broad range of trust and succession issues
Profile
Stuart joined the Private Client team in 1990 and became a partner in 2001. He was admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners in 1995.
The quality of the Private Client team has been recognised in Thomson Snell & Passmore’s recent ranking as a 'Top 25 Law Firm' by Private Client Practitioner magazine. The team’s position as a leading player in the field of specialist Private Client advice in the South-East of England has been endorsed by the UK’s independent legal guides Chambers UK and Legal 500.