Robert Tozzi

Robert is a solicitor and is senior/managing partner of the firm. Robert joined the firm in 1997 as an assistant solicitor, becoming a partner in 2009. On qualification he managed a mixed caseload of residential property and private client matters.  Robert now maintains a largely private client caseload although he continues to handle residential property transactions in estate matters.  Robert has also taken on additional management responsibilities within the firm. Robert’s range of private client matters includes Wills and Inheritance Tax Planning, Administration of Estates and Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection. Robert has particular expertise and interest in helping with the needs and requirements of the older client through his membership of Solicitors for the Elderly.

Expertise:

  • Wills
  • Probate and administration of estates
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney
  • Court of Protection
  • General administration of the affairs of the elderly
  • Trusts
  • Inheritance tax planning
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • Residential Property

Recent work:

  • Court of Protection and orders from foreign courts

    Obtaining an order of recognition and enforcement of a Court of Protection order issued by a foreign court.

  • Estate administration and foreign assets

    Dealing with a multi-jurisdictional estate involving assets in England, Isle of Man, Jersey and Brazil to include dealing with the accidental revocation of an English will by the Brazilian will.

  • Rectification of a Will

    Obtaining an order for rectification of a will where there had been drafting errors that meant the will was not clear and would not have been proved by the court.

  • Settled Land Act Trust

    Representing the trustees of a Settled Land Act trust created in 1959 to include consideration of whether potential beneficiaries born after that date were entitled to inherit.

  • Foreign Grants of Probate

    Dealing with the re-sealing in the probate court of England and Wales of foreign Grants of Probate.

  • Managing the assets of others

    Obtaining a deputyship order and thereafter managing assets of approximately £2.5 million

Accreditations:

  • Full member of the Society of Trust and Estate practitioners (STEP)
  • Full Accredited member of the Solicitors for the Elderly

Personal interests:

In his spare time Robert enjoys horse racing, travel and Egyptology.

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