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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 26 July 2019
Stacey McIntyre’s appointment enhances our services for individuals in relation to drafting Wills, Powers of Attorney and Executry and Guardianship administration
insights
If you are a parent-to-be or are already a parent, it’s worth doing some simple legal planning for the future
insights 26 June 2019
Sandy Lamb urges you to consider what could happen to your family and home should the unforeseen happen and you don't have an up-to-date Will in place
insights
Clare McCarroll, Partner in our Private Client team, discusses the importance of having a local Will when you own property abroad
news 9 April 2019
Private Client Partner, Sandy Lamb, discusses the complex issues regarding adults with incapacity in the latest issue of Scottish Policy Now
insights 6 February 2019
Dealing with the death of a loved one is always difficult, but there are ways to make the practical aspects more straightforward.
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