Stone King Lawyer Awarded Top International Legal Qualification

A solicitor at Bath law firm Stone King has received a distinction in a prestigious international legal qualification.

Dan Harris, who is a solicitor in the firm's trusts and estates team, is one of just 23 lawyers worldwide to have been awarded the Advanced Certificate in International Succession and Probate by the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP). Still fewer have been awarded a distinction and Dan received the second highest score of all the entrants.

STEP is the leading worldwide professional body for practitioners in the fields of trusts, estates and related issues. The qualification demonstrates Dan's expertise in this specialist area of international law and his ability to deal with complex issues of estate administration across multiple jurisdictions.

"It's an area of law that catches many people out," said Dan. "Too often people assume that if they buy a property abroad they can hand it on to whoever they choose. This is rarely the case because each country has its own rules governing who should benefit when someone dies, what tax is payable and by whom.

"Stone King’s trusts and estates team specialises in helping people with overseas assets navigate this notoriously complex world of international estate management. The fact that we are one of just a few law firms nationally to now hold this important qualification demonstrates our market-leading expertise in this niche area of law."