Meet the Estate Administration and Probate Team

Key Contact

Helen Gowin

Job Title: Partner
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282351

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Kerry Jones

Job Title: Associate
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282342

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Holly Jones

Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Chester
Phone: 01244 305942

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Ashleigh Imber

Job Title: Legal Apprentice
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282306

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“SAS Daniels LLP is ‘large enough to have the expertise in-house but not too large to lose the personal touch which is so important to clients. The team is technically extremely capable and all team members have an excellent bedside manner’.”

Legal 500, 2018

“Helen Gowin has done an excellent job looking after my husband’s estate. I am extremely grateful to her for what they did on my behalf & would certainly use SAS Daniels for any further work I might need.”

Beryl Casswell

“A great team and excellent communication skills.”

Mark Anderson

“Thank you for the very efficient manner in dealing with the estate; it eased hugely the stress of being an executor at a challenging time,”

Tony Maguire

“From the receptionist to the solicitor we found the atmosphere to be very friendly and profesional. We would definitely use this firm again if we needed to.”

Eva & Jacqueline Dodds

How we have helped our clients

A Sole Trader Who Loved Cats

Our Estate Administration & Probate team acted as executors with a lay executor for a generous patron who lived in the Chester area, who loved his cats and wanted to be cremated with the remains of his former feline companions....

A Generous Testator

Our Estate Administration & Probate team acted as executors for a generous patron of the arts and science in the Manchester area who was also an avid collector of fine art. He left most of his estate to a number...

A Home-made Will & a Millionaire

Our Estate Administration & Probate team were approached by the executor and main beneficiary of a home-made Will where the person who died was a neighbour with considerable wealth, but had no family and had become good friends with our...

Flexible

We are flexible in our working hours to make the process of signing papers and discussing estate administration easier for clients who may need to travel a distance.

We care

We have re-homed a number of pets for people who have died – we appreciate they are also a key member of your family and need looking after.

Support

We act as executors for clients who have no close family and will liaise with funeral directors to arrange the funeral and arrange for the wishes of the deceased to be carried out after their death.

FAQs

I am an attorney, can I make gifts out of the donor’s money?

Only on customary occasions and only amounts that are reasonable in relation to the donor’s finances as a whole. If you want to make larger gifts than this, usually you would need the court’s approval.

What do I need to do when someone dies?

There are a number of steps to take immediately after a death, including registering the death and contacting the executors if the deceased made a will. See the attached Probate Checklist for more information on the estate administration process and...

When do I pay inheritance tax?

The current threshold (nil rate band) for when an estate pays inheritance tax is £325,000 and anything over and above that will be taxed at 40%. However, since the Finance Act 2008, a married couple will be able to combine...

Do I have to act if I have been appointed as an executor?

When someone is appointed under a will as an executor they can act but may choose not to, perhaps because they don’t have time to deal with the estate administration, maybe they are in poor health, or are one of...

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Meet the Team

Helen Gowin

Kerry Jones

Holly Jones

Ashleigh Imber