Julia Abrey
UK Guide 2025
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About
Provided by Julia Abrey
Practice Areas
Julia is a partner specialising in elder law and mental capacity. She is head of the elder law team. She has recognised expertise in international and cross border mental capacity issues. The immediate past chair of STEP’s multi-jurisdictional Mental Capacity Special Interest Group, Julia is a regular writer and lecturer on elder law and capacity topics. Julia has worked with the OPG in the UK and governments outside the UK in relation to updating law and practice in the mental capacity area. Julia is also one of the two UK members of the US National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Inc and a past Chair of Solicitors for the Elderly.
Career
MA (Oxon) Jurisprudence 1984. Articled with Withers. Partner 1993.
Professional Memberships
Member: Solicitors for the Elderly, STEP; Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.
Chambers Review
UK
Julia Abrey advises on wills, trusts, probate and powers of attorney for vulnerable adults. She also advises on financial issues, including lifetime gift applications, with notable strength acting on cases with cross-border elements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julia is hugely respected across the profession."
"She is a great lawyer and she does so much for this profession and area of work."
"Julia is hugely respected across the profession."
"She is a great lawyer and she does so much for this profession and area of work."
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