People: Two lawyers celebrate partner promotion; Investigation expert join tax firm; and more

Sheffield and Chesterfield solicitors Graysons has announced the appointment of two new partners Bradie Pell and Anne Rogers.

Pell joined Graysons in January 2016 and is head of the firm’s family law team. She has significant experience working in all areas of family law, with specific expertise in high value divorce cases, matters relating to children, and postnuptial, prenuptial, separation and cohabitation agreements.

Rogers is a solicitor who has specialised in private client law for the last ten years. She joined Graysons in 2017 to head up the firm’s expanding lifetime planning and estate administration teams.

She regularly deals with large and complex estates, including cases involving missing beneficiaries and family disputes.  She also deals with lasting powers of attorney, applications to the Court of Protection, trusts, inheritance tax planning and care fee planning, as well as having vast experience of writing wills.

Managing partner, Peter Clark, says: “I am delighted to welcome Bradie and Anne to the partnership. They are talented senior lawyers with well recognised knowledge and expertise and high levels of client care skill. I look forward to working with them over the coming years and to the positive contribution they will bring to the partnership.”

Graysons now has eight partners. The firm specialises in wills and lifetime planning, probate and estate administration, property, family, employment, personal injury, occupational illness and injury and medical negligence.

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A tax investigation expert with more than 40 years of experience has joined the growing team at Independent Tax, the HMRC-handling and tax dispute specialist.

Brenda Brown is based at Independent Tax’s headquarters on the Brackenholme Business Park in North Yorkshire (between Selby and Howden) on a part-time basis.

After working as a tax inspector in HMRC’s Bradford office for more than 20 years, she moved on to work in private accountancy practices, including the Manchester office of Smith & Williamson.

Managing partner Gary Brothers said: “Having worked with Brenda, I know that she’s incredibly knowledgeable and also very meticulous in her attention to detail, having worked for both HMRC and in private practice. I’m delighted that she has been able to join our team.”
 

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Lawyer Judy Lankester has become a Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association (ALA).

Lankester is an associate solicitor in the private client team at Langleys Solicitors, specialising in agricultural law, dealing with farms and high value residential work for landed estates.
The ALA promotes the understanding and development of the law and practice in agriculture, environment, food and related issues.

Lankester said: “I’m very pleased to have achieved the Fellowship of the ALA. It is an accomplishment which advances my personal development as well as recognising my skills in advising clients in what can be very complex aspects of agricultural law.”