Holly Chantler

Practice Areas

Holly deals with all manner of Private Client work but has particular expertise in the area of elderly and vulnerable clients.

Holly joined Morr & Co in September 2006 as a Trainee Solicitor and qualified as an Assistant Solicitor into the Private Client department in October 2008. She became a Partner in October 2015 and took over as Department Head in 2016.

Holly is an experienced Court of Protection practitioner (contentious and non-contentious), with a background in wider private client law.

She holds a number of professional appointments and qualifications, including being a panel deputy, panel guardian and a director of national organisations The Association of Lifetime Lawyers and the Professional Deputies Forum (of which she was a founding member). She also sits on the Court of Protection Rules Committee.

Academically, Holly is the author of A Practical Guide to Assessing Mental Capacity (Law Publishing), a co-author of the Law Society’s Elderly Client Handbook (6th Edition) and Finance & Law for the Older Client (Lexis Nexis Butterworths). She also lectures for MBL and various other organisations.

Holly was named as one of ePrivateclient’s Top 35 Under 35 in 2015 and 2016, as well as being ranked as an individual in both Chambers and Legal 500 over several years. She was a winner of Women in Law 2018 for her work with vulnerable clients.

In 2021 Holly was named as Surrey Law Society Private Client Lawyer of the year for the third time, as well as winning Surrey Lawyer of the Year, having been shortlisted twice previously.

She was also shortlisted for Today’s Wills & Probate Industry Champion at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2021, along with a shortlisting for the wider team for Private Client Team of the Year.

Holly featured on BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme and co-authored the Elderly Client Handbook (6th Edition).

On 18th April 2024, Holly won the 'Outstanding Achievement in the Industry' award at the Probate Industry Awards 2024. The judges comments about Holly were;

"Their passion for legal excellence and development inspires their team every day to be the best they can be. They are an absolute credit to their team, the firm and the profession. They are without doubt a person who has done and continues to achieve, outstanding feats in the Private Client industry."

Holly's team was shortlisted for Private Client Team – Wills & Probate (16+ Solicitors) at the Modern Law Private Client Awards 2024.

Career

Director

The Association of Limetime Lawyers

(formerly Solicitors for the Elderley)

2016 - date

Lifetime Lawyers is an independent, national

organisation of lawyers (approximately 1,600) who

provide specialist legal advice for older and

vulnerable people, their families and carers.

(Founding co-) Director

The Professional Deputies Forum

September 2018 - date

The Professional Deputies Forum is a not for profit

organisation representing professional deputies and

their support staff in England and Wales. Members of

the organisation represent approximately 70% of all

solicitor appointed property and affairs deputyships.

Trustee

Challengers

January 2019 - November 2022

Challengers is an independent children’s charity

dedicated to providing exciting and challenging play

and leisure opportunities for disabled children and

young people across Surrey, Hampshire and

surrounding areas.

Court of Protection Rules Committee

February 2019 - date

Committee chaired by the Vice President of the Family

Division, reviewing and developing the Court of

Protection Rules 2017, practice directions and Court of

Protection precedents.

Regional Chair

Solicitors for the Elderley (Surrey)

February 2016 - February 2019

Professional Memberships

Holly holds a number of professional appointments and qualifications, including being a panel deputy, panel guardian and a director of national organisations The Association of Lifetime Lawyers and the Professional Deputies Forum (of which she was a founding member).

She also sits on the Court of Protection Rules Committee.

Publications

Author A Practical Guide to Assessing Mental Capacity (Law Brief Publishing 2021)

A Practical Guide to the Court of Protection (Law Brief Publishing 2023)

Co-author Law Society Older Client Handbook (6th edition, 2019)

Co-author Lexis Nexis Finance & Law for the Older Client (ongoing publication)

Various media commentary including BBC Money Box

Legal lecturer (including for MBL, SFE and Surrey Law Society)

Expert in A Local Authority v C & Ors [2021] EWCOP 25 (26 April 2021)