Julia Abrey
Partner
- Education: St Hilda's College Oxford, M.A. Jurisprudence
- Admitted: England and Wales, 1987
- Languages spoken: French • German
- Year joined: 1985
- Year became partner: 1993
Overview
Julia's practice focuses on Probate, Succession and Post-Death Planning, Trust Management and Contentious Probate issues. She has a particular interest in Elder Law and the Court of Protection.
Highlights
Winner of the 'Elder Client Law Professional of the Year' award at the STEP Private Client Awards 2009.
Publications and speaking engagements
Julia is a contributor to Sweet & Maxwell's Practical Will Precedents, the Living Wills Section of Volume 42 of Butterworths Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents and the Law Society's Elderly Client Handbook.
She is a consultant editor and contributor of Tolleys Finance and Law for the Older Client and on the editorial board of Elder Law Journal (Jordans). Julia is a regular speaker at conferences on Elderly Client issues.
Memberships
- Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Council
- Solicitors for the Elderly - Past Chair
- Member of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Inc. (USA)
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia
- Chair of the STEP Mental Capacity Special Interest Group
- Past chair STEP England and Wales Regional Committee and member Development Committee
- Member of the Medico Legal Society
- Member of Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
On a personal note
Julia is a keen singer of West Gallery music; 18th century sacred works often accompanied by sackbutts, curtles and serpents.
