Trusts

Karen Purdy

Karen Purdy set up Purdys Solicitors in 2003. She is sole principal Solicitor and Director of the firm. Karen graduated in Law from Trinity College, Cambridge and then studied at the College of Law in Guildford and qualified as a solicitor in 1999. She has practical and academic experience of Wills, Inheritance Tax and Trust Law, having been a co-author of legal texts and is also a Member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Also, Karen is a former Chairman of the Solicitor Sole Practitioners Group (SPG) and has been a Trustee for a charity for disabled children and currently a charity Trustee for Thursford. Karen has given presentations and seminars regarding Wills for an accountancy firm and an international insurance company. She has also been interviewed and quoted by Reuters regarding Inheritance Tax and has had a number of items published in the Law Society's Gazette, including being featured in their “My Legal Life” series.

“We can help you through this process with our sympathetic, yet constructive and straightforward approach.”

The creation of a Trust requires a great deal of thought, and careful drafting, so that the wishes of the Settlor or Testator (the person making the Trust or Will) may be fully realised. We will very often work with your accountant and financial advisor, to ensure that your wishes and aims are reflected in the documents.

You can contact Karen by emailing her at .