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Christine Butterfield
Senior Associate Solicitor
Wills, Trusts, Probate and Estate Administration
Location: Poundbury, Dorchester, Sherborne
Email: [email protected]
Direct: 01305 216205
Christine is a Senior Associate Solicitor from our Wills, Trusts, Probate and Estate Administration Team based in Poundbury, Dorchester and Sherborne. She is currently providing technical support to the Team.
She qualified as a solicitor in 2004 at London firm Collyer Bristow after an early career in arts administration, where she worked at Arts Council England, the Courtauld Gallery, the Barbican Centre and the UK Film Council. Before joining Battens in 2012, she practised as a Private Client solicitor at two firms in Oxford.
Christine's specialisms include:
- Wills and estate planning
- Powers of Attorney
- Trusts and inheritance tax planning
- Complex estate administration
- Acting as a Court appointed independent administrator
Examples of work include but are not limited to:
- Advising individuals on estate planning and trust structures
- Administering high value and complex estates
- Independently reviewing contested estates as part of the mediation procedure
Christine holds a degree in History of Art and continues to be actively involved with local arts organisations.
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