HELEN McCABE

Helen is the Private Client Solicitor based in our Kirkby Lonsdale office.

Upon qualifying as a Solicitor Helen initially specialised in all aspects of family law before  moving to Cumbria in 2014 to specialise in private client. Helen became a member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) to increase her knowledge and expertise gaining full accreditation in 2018.

Helen appreciates that sometimes clients require advice and assistance when they are emotionally vulnerable and prides herself on her approachable manner, caring nature and ability to guide clients through the process, providing advice they are able to understand, which means she frequently acts for more than one generation of a family and builds trusting and longstanding relationships with clients.

Helen McCabe

Helen McCabe

ASSOCIATE

Private Client

EXPERIENCE

  • Drafting Wills
  • Preparation and Registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney for both Property and Finance and Health and Care.
  • Registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney
  • Administration of both testate and intestate estates
  • Deeds of Variation and Disclaimers
  • Applications to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a Deputy for individuals lacking capacity to manage their own affairs
  • Managing the affairs of individuals who lack capacity under a Lasting Power of Attorney or orders of the Court of Protection
  • Administration of Trusts

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2001 – 2004 2:1 LLB (Hons) from Sheffield Hallam University
  • 2004 – 2005 – Legal Practice Course at College of Law, York
  • 2008 – Admitted to the role of Solicitors for England and Wales
  • 2018 – Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners