Individuals & Families
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Wherever you are in life, our award winning team will work alongside you to understand your needs, your aspirations and your plans for the future as well as protect and guide you and your family. We can help you make the best decisions with discretion and care.
We work for individuals, couples, families, stepfamilies, family trusts and family businesses.
The following services may be of particular interest to you:
- Agricultural Law & property advice
- Charities
- Cohabitation & Prenuptial advice
- Divorce & separation advice
- Employment advice for employees
- Estate agency & Investment property solutions
- Family & Adoption advice
- Immigration & residency advice
- Later Life planning & care solutions
- Online Assets
- Personal Injury and medical negligence advice
- Wills & Power of Attorney
With careful planning and good advice we can help you to make the best possible choices at all stages of your life and to be prepared if things do not go as planned.
Our specialist advisors are accustomed to representing clients with complex, high value or sensitive circumstances. We take all of your personal and financial circumstances into account whenever we are advising you on your options.
It is a long time since we dealt with such a professional, commercial and pragmatic firm. You always made common sense prevail. Leslie Ferrar, Treasurer to HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall
Our experts advise on everyday issues such as: making a will; buying property; minimising tax; moving in together; and getting married. They can also advise on more complex issues such as: setting up trusts and charities; asset restructuring to reduce tax; succession issues; splitting assets on separation or divorce; adoption; and child custody matters. We also have specialists who can advise on any issues that may arise in your workplace.
We can represent you if you have a legal dispute, using the most appropriate and cost effective means, from mediation through to representing you in court or an employment tribunal.
If you are involved in a business or charity we have particular expertise in acting for owner managed businesses, SMEs, landowners and charities. See our Business section for more details.
Morton Fraser offers a number of ways for you to help you identify which areas of legal support you may wish to consider, and help you to understand legal implications of situations in life that you may simply be unaware of:
Designed for Life Website You can visit our Designed for Life website, a legal point of reference for people at all stages of their lives. You'll find an overview of the legal issues which you may need to think about at the different stages in your life, some obvious and some not so obvious.
Designed for Life e-bulletin You can register to receive our complimentary e-buelltin. Our regular, informative e-bulletin keeps you informed with news, information, advice and considerations for individuals and families in line with recent changes to legislation, taxation and family.
The Morton Fraser Café Drop in to our regular café. A great forum for you to get answers to questions, which will then enable you to formulate thoughts and plans, before booking a more formal appointment with a solicitor.
Contact us:
telephone: 0131 247 1054
email: sue.hunter@morton-fraser.com
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