Madelaine is a trainee solicitor in the firm’s Private Client department. She assists the team with a wide range of matters including Wills and Lifetime Planning, Mental Capacity and Lasting Powers of Attorney, Estate Administration and Trusts.

Madelaine works closely with clients, their families and other professional advisors to help them plan for the future and achieve their long-term goals and priorities in relation to their wealth, tax and inheritance issues, capacity issues and care needs.

Madelaine has experience working with a wide range of clients of varying ages, backgrounds and financial circumstances and always ensures our advice is tailored to their needs and wishes. She regularly helps the elderly and vulnerable and can help in situations where family circumstances are complex.

Key Skills

• Wills and lifetime planning

• Powers of Attorney

• Court of Protection and Deputyship Orders

• Probate and estate administration

• Trusts

• Assisting elderly and vulnerable clients

• Inheritance Tax considerations

Experience

Madelaine graduated from the University of the West of England in 2020 with a first class LLB law degree and went on to achieve a distinction in the Legal Practice Course the following year. She’s currently working towards the completion of an LLM Masters in Law.

Before joining Hughes Paddison in August 2022, Madelaine worked as a Court of Protection Paralegal at Irwin Mitchell LLP in Bristol. Before beginning my professional career, she was involved in various pro bono projects alongside her legal studies to include the following:-

• Volunteering as a Casework Supervisor and Advocacy Volunteer at Bristol Law Centre which involved working with the Welfare Benefits team to run appeals to the First-tier Tribunal;
• Being a Court Volunteer at Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre.
• Working as an advisor for the West of England University’s Business Law Clinic. This involved advising local clients and start-up businesses on matters relating to business structures, IP issues, contractual issues and employment disputes.

Outside of work

In my spare time I enjoy going to the gym, walks in the countryside with friends and family and travelling.