About
Suzanne is Head of Art & Luxury and specialises in advising families, trustees and beneficiaries on UK and international trusts and estates. Her work spans tax planning, succession and disputes, often where significant assets, family tensions or cross border considerations are involved.
Clients come to Suzanne for her calm, practical approach and her ability to handle sensitive matters with clarity and authority. She is trusted on issues that require sound judgment as well as technical expertise, where families need long term solutions or even short term fixes.
Trusts, estates and succession planning
Suzanne advises on the full range of private client matters, including wills, trusts and estate planning. She works closely with families to help them plan for the future, protect wealth and navigate change across generations. Her work includes advising on disabled persons’ trusts and other structures designed to protect and provide for vulnerable beneficiaries. Her work frequently involves advising on succession where assets are complex or illiquid, and where family, tax and control issues need to be carefully balanced.
Contentious trusts, estates and court appointments
A significant part of Suzanne’s practice focuses on contentious trusts and probate matters, including Inheritance Act claims. She is regularly involved in disputes where emotions run high and outcomes matter deeply to the people involved.
Suzanne is often appointed by the court to act as trustee, executor, deputy or litigation friend, including in cases involving minors or vulnerable individuals. She has particular expertise in mental incapacity and Court of Protection matters, helping families manage difficult decisions with confidence and care.
International families and non UK domiciled clients
Suzanne has extensive experience advising international families and non UK domiciliaries, including on cross border tax planning, international wills and trust structures. She regularly works with clients whose assets and interests span multiple jurisdictions, ensuring advice is joined up and practical.
Art, heritage property and charitable trusts
As Head of Art & Luxury, Suzanne advises on matters involving art collections, heritage property, landed estates and charitable trusts. Her work often sits at the intersection of personal wealth, cultural assets and long term stewardship.
She is also a Notary Public, practising in the City of London.
Experience
- Advising a Charitable Trust owning Art on export licences, loans to exhibitions abroad, tax implications, private treaty sale, and contested attribution
- Acting as the independent Deputy for Finances and Health and Welfare where the family is in dispute about residency and the tax implications of losing non UK residency and domicile
- Advising on the tax and trust succession issues for a beneficiary of a landed estate moving out of the main house
- Acting as Litigation Friend for a minor in Woolridge v Woolridge (Case No. 3CL1022132); one of the largest inheritance act claims to come to trial
