Bryan Dean
Partner
Private Client
With some 35 years’ experience, Bryan ensures that his clients are given the benefit of his knowledge as well as the best advice. Bryan has many clients that return time and again. Bryan’s particular expertise is in the administration of both simple and complex estates, high value and intestate estates, and, where possible, ensuring inheritance tax savings.
He advises on and drafts wills (mirror wills, life interest wills and discretionary trust wills), inheritance tax planning, powers of attorney, deputyship applications and other Court of Protection applications.
Bryan qualified as a solicitor in 1985.
Work highlights
Inheritance tax saving
Creating a £100k saving on Inheritance Tax on an estate valued at £1million+ by submitting a Deed of Variation to HMRC.
Utilising capital gains tax allowance
Preparing deeds to provide children of the deceased with the benefit of two annual CGT allowances upon sale of a property following the death of a parent.
Recent articles
Media spotlight
11/03/2024
Insights
The once lawful practice of remotely witnessing Wills is to be removed due to a surge in contentious inheritance disputes
20/02/2024
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Three common scenarios that require registration with the Trust Registration Service (TRS) established by HMRC that you may have missed.
08/02/2024
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Gifts to any charity in the EU or European Economic Area no longer qualify for a relief commonly granted to UK charities
29/01/2024