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Clare McCarroll
Partner
Private Client Services
Phone
0131 656 5609
Address
Caledonian Exchange 19A Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8HE
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About Clare
Previously the head of the executry department in a long established Edinburgh firm, Clare is now a Partner in our Private Client team. She has experience in advising a broad spectrum of clients in the preparation of Wills and Power of Attorney, arranging financial and welfare Guardianships and she specialises in all aspects of winding up executry estates.
Clare also has experience in conveyancing and has a particular interest in executry conveyancing and the crossover between succession and property law.
Clare is a member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet.
Expertise
Highlights
- Successfully establishing a Canadian domicile for a deceased client resident in Scotland resulting in agreement from HMRC that no inheritance tax was due from the estate.
- Putting in place a chain of three Grants of Confirmation to allow a client to sell property stuck in the name of a long deceased family member.
- Assisting clients based in Mauritius, New Zealand and Australia access assets held in Scotland.
- Tracing closest living relative of a reclusive deceased who had died without a will. Establishing family tree and identifying those people entitled to the estate.
News & Insights
From the team
news
People have been seeking peace of mind about how they and their loved ones would be looked after should they fall seriously ill, whether as a conseque...
news
In addition to the questionable haircuts being created in lockdown, time for life administration may have led some to consider a DIY Will but there are pitfalls
insights
A contribution towards a deposit will certainly help family members buy their first home, but do watch out for inheritance tax traps
news 4 February 2020
Harriet Grant (Solicitor) joins our Private Client services team and Laura Milne (Assistant Property Manager) is welcomed to Estate Agency in Crichton Street
news 6 December 2019
Kenny Gray, Partner in our Commercial Property team has outlined a series of measures which can give small businesses a fighting chance of success
insights
People often overlook their digital assets, either forgetting they have them or assuming they’ll go to their heirs. But it’s not as simple as that
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