John Peutherer

John is a consultant in the firm’s Edinburgh Private Client team.  His work has encompasses most family private client issues but he specialises in the needs of older individuals. This includes the preparation of wills, estate and succession planning, trust creation and administration and executries.

John has many years’ experience dealing with adult incapacity issues and primarily in the preparation of powers of attorney. He also offers expert advice on guardianship, intervention and access to funds orders. Particular areas of interest in this sensitive and challenging area include care home fees, challenges to wills, legal and prior rights claims, contentious trust and executries problems, cross-border estate work and the international aspects of succession law.

John brings the benefits of his considerable experience to conferences and seminars, speaking on topics such as ‘the family home’, care home fees and Powers of Attorney. He is a member of the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners and has been a tutor on the private client course for the Diploma in Legal Practice at Edinburgh University.