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Will Johnson

Senior Partner, Head of Department for Wills & Probate

Will is a Partner in the firm and Head of the Private Client Department. He joined the firm in 1992 and became a Partner in 2001. Formerly the firm’s Managing Partner from 2013 to 2021.

Expertise

Will undertakes all aspects of Private Client work from Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Trusts and Estate administration. Specialising in Inheritance Tax planning, Estate administration and Trusts. Particularly experienced in dealing with Agricultural estate and family farm tax planning. Will acts as Power of Attorney for many clients and recognises the trust that clients place in his abilities to manage their affairs on their behalf. He takes pride in the personal approach he brings to the advice he offers and has significant experience in acting for high net worth clients who value the detailed but sensible and understandable advice that he offers.

A member of The Association of Lifetime Lawyers and former trustee of Katharine House Hospice. Will has a great many professional referrers of work and values a collegiate approach to client advice, particularly in areas of tax planning, taking time to understand a client’s individual circumstances and working in conjunction with accountants and financial advisors to provide the best possible advice and solutions tailored to their circumstances.

About Will

A keen fitness enthusiast, I am often at the local gym before work. Keeping fit and healthy enables me to pursue my other passions of golf and hill walking and travel.

My happiest memory so far…

The time that I spend with my wife, Karen, son, George and his fiancée, Natalie walking around the golf course on a balmy summers evening.

What Our Clients Say

  • Thank you so much for your invaluable help.  Very many thanks.  AG
  • Thank you, and all your team at P. & B. very much more your valued input and considerate way that Mum’s affairs have been dealt with, very professional as always, and would have no hesitation in recommending your services to anyone that asks. Mr D
  • Thank you so very much for the way you handled the tasks of sorting out all the various monies, debts etc and for producing such a detailed, yet understandable set of accounts and relevant papers.
  • It has been most reassuring that you have been in control of a job that to us laymen would have been impossible. Mr B
  • I would like to thank you for your professional service, advice and care to my aunt over many years. Thank you again, take care and God Bless. Mrs P
  • May I also thank you for the kind, efficient and professional way you have dealt with the details throughout. SACC
  • We would like to thank you for your help and hard work regarding the estate… especially your involvement with the selling of their home. Mr & Mrs M
  • I have been extremely satisfied with the service that you and your team have given, convey my thanks to them. G
  • I am so grateful to you for your understanding and professional guidance in all the matters that we have had to address. MB
  • Thank you for a fabulous service.
  • I would like to thank you very much for all your help and understanding in all matters discussed, and no doubt will be back one day should my circumstances change. MH