Solicitor at Ashtons Legal LLP
Sarah-Jane Legge
Solicitor
Sarah-Jane is a solicitor in our French Legal Services team in Bury St Edmunds. She specialises in French and English estate planning, providing advice on complex cross-border inheritance tax and legal matters. She also advises on cross-border French and English probate/estate administration and gifts of French property, including capital gains tax issues. Sarah-Jane studied French and German at Oxford University before embarking on the Solicitor Apprenticeship in 2016. She received first-class honours in her law degree and was in the top 20% of UK pass rates for the SQE. She was shortlisted in 2022 for the LawNet Trainee of the Year Award. During the six years of her apprenticeship, Sarah-Jane also gained legal experience in Family Law, Lifetime Planning and Dispute Resolution. Sarah-Jane is passionate about strengthening links with European lawyers to ensure continued communication, cooperation and understanding.
The Long Barn, Fornham Business Court, Fornham St Martin, Suffolk, IP31 1SL
Licensed for 2 years
Practice Areas
Wills, Trusts & Probate
- Wills, Trusts & Probate 100%
3 Client Reviews
Overall experience
- Value For Money
- Approachability
About Sarah-Jane Legge
Sarah-Jane is a solicitor in our French Legal Services team in Bury St Edmunds. She specialises in French and English estate planning, providing advice on complex cross-border inheritance tax and legal matters. She also advises on cross-border French and English probate/estate administration and gifts of French property, including capital gains tax issues. Sarah-Jane studied French and German at Oxford University before embarking on the Solicitor Apprenticeship in 2016. She received first-class honours in her law degree and was in the top 20% of UK pass rates for the SQE. She was shortlisted in 2022 for the LawNet Trainee of the Year Award. During the six years of her apprenticeship, Sarah-Jane also gained legal experience in Family Law, Lifetime Planning and Dispute Resolution. Sarah-Jane is passionate about strengthening links with European lawyers to ensure continued communication, cooperation and understanding.
Languages Spoken: English
Contact Sarah-Jane Legge
Address
Ashtons Legal LLP
The Long Barn
Fornham Business Court
Fornham St Martin
Suffolk
IP31 1SL
Phone 01284 727025
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Title
Name
Duration
Solicitor
Ashtons Legal
?-present
Good timely resolution
Initially felt Ashton's were pushing a review of my mother's estate which wasn't required at a high cost however once all information was provided Sarah-Jane acted professionally and with good knowledge of our needs to be able to resolve my mother's estate left in the UK and in France and providing the relevant paperwork quickly. Appreciate her speed in getting things resolved so we can finalise things in France.
Lawyer named in this review: Sarah-Jane Legge
A representative from Ashtons Legal LLP responded to this review on 20 September, 2024
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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Uncles estate
Very good manners on phone great help explaining difficult stuff to us very quick in dealing with matters and great communication at all times , would recommend her and the whole company to anybody thankyou again mr s skinner
Lawyer named in this review: Sarah-Jane Legge
A representative from Ashtons Legal LLP responded to this review on 14 August, 2024
Thank you for your positive review. We will pass this feedback on to the team.
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Excellent
We had a difficult situation involving part of an inheritance abroad. This was beyond the expertise of the firm we had initially employed to deal with the will, but definitely within the capabilities of Sarah-Jane Legge and Ashtons Legal. Sarah-Jane used her expertise and communication skills to deal with the legal system in France, negotiating every hurdle with confidence and professional skill and success. We felt supported throughout and fully up to date with developments. Sarah-Jane also demonstrated a degree of emotional intelligence which enabled her to cope with both our stress and to communicate with the French firm involved, on our behalf. We will be returning to Sarah-Jane and Ashtons Legal to ensure that future succession is secured without problem.
Lawyer named in this review: Sarah-Jane Legge
A representative from Ashtons Legal LLP responded to this review on 18 April, 2023
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.
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