Janette Wand - Partner

Janette is joint Head of the Lifetime Planning team and Office Partner responsible for supporting the wider Ipswich office.

Janette qualified as a solicitor in 2007. She is also a qualified member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and an Accredited Lifetime Lawyer for the Association of Lifetime Lawyers.

Janette has helped hundreds of families in dealing with the estates of deceased relatives.

Janette deals exclusively with private client issues, approximately 60% of which is in handling probate work.

Janette deals with a full range of probate work, the majority of which includes complex legal and tax-based issues.

She has a particular specialism in advising elderly and vulnerable clients and their families on issues surrounding succession, tax and mental capacity. She also deals with deputyship applications at the Court of Protection.

Janette volunteers for the local Citizens’ Advice Bureau and Suffolk Law Centre’s free advice clinic. She has given talks to local dementia support groups and is a regular speaker at the local NHS Palliative Care Conference.