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Ian  joined Lodders recently as a Partner in the Private Client Department of our Stratford upon Avon office. He specialises in estate and tax planning, trusts and wills for owners and trustees of landed estates and for farmers and advises on heritage properties He joins from Birmingham based Martineau where he spent 20 years and where he was a  partner in their Private Client Department.  Ian was educated at Malvern College, Exeter University and has a Masters in Agricultural Law from De Montford University.  He represents the Warwickshire branch of the Country Land and Business Association on the London Taxation Committee, and is a member of the Agricultural Law Association, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Solicitors for the Elderly. He is listed by the lawyers guide Legal 500 as an expert in the field of Agriculture and Estates, and has been described in the Legal 500 as “helpful and proactive” and “forward thinking and a real asset in meetings with clients”, and has also been praised for his “speedy response times”.