We have significant expertise in dealing with Wills, trusts and the administration of estates and understand the importance of helping you to organise your affairs as efficiently as possible.
Our services include:
Preparation of Wills
Inheritance Tax planning
Making and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney
Administration of Estates (in accordance with a Will or under the rules of intestacy)
Trust advice including the creation and administration of trusts
Deputyship and Court of Protection applications
Post death Deeds of Variation
We are accredited members of the Law Society’s Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) This means that we follow best practice procedures to meet the highest standards of technical expertise and client service in providing tailored Wills and Probate advice to our clients. Ruth Nolan is also an accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE). SFE is an independent, national organisation of over 1,500 lawyers who provide specialist legal advice for older people, their families and carers. In order to be a fully accredited member lawyers must have a minimum of three years’ experience advising in areas of older client law and have completed the Older Client Care in Practice Award.
Prices
Our pricing for administering an estate (uncontested probate)
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Liam Wdowiak LLB (Hons)
Solicitor - Associate Director - Wills and Probate Department
Liam’s areas of expertise include dealing with the administration of estates, the preparation of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and Deputyship Applications.
He prides himself upon providing a friendly and professional service to his clients and is an accredited member of the Law Society's Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS). Liam joined the firm’s Private Client team in January 2017 and became an Associate Director in January 2022. Prior to this, Liam trained and qualified as a solicitor with a long established Midlands practice, where he worked for almost 10 years.
In his spare time, Liam enjoys walking his Whippet and getting on with various DIY projects around the home. He also enjoys visiting new places and is a keen fan of both football and cricket.

Ruth Nolan LLB (Hons) TEP
Solicitor - Associate Director - Wills and Probate Department
Ruth is an Associate Director and solicitor in the Wills, Probate & Trusts team. She is based at the Dorridge office but is able to see clients at the Solihull office if this is more convenient for them.
Ruth is an accredited member of the Law Society’s Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS). Ruth is the treasurer for the Birmingham branch of the Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE). As well as being a fully accredited member of SFE. Ruth is a full member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP). As such she adheres to the STEP will writing code, a copy of which is available at https://www.step.org/system/files/media/files/2020-02/Will_Code_2016.pdf subject to our term and conditions of acting.
Ruth Nolan qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and first joined Wallace Robinson & Morgan in 2005. She took a career break while her children were very young and re-joined the firm in January 2013.
In her free time Ruth enjoys playing singles and doubles tennis, walking her dog, spending time with the family and going on holiday.

Charlotte Nicklin LLB (Hons) LLM
Solicitor - Wills and Probate Department
Charlotte is an associate member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE).
Charlotte joined WRM as an Assistant Solicitor in the Wills and Probate Department in October 2020 after qualifying as a solicitor in September 2020. In 2017 she graduated from the University of Liverpool with a 2:1 degree in Law and achieved a Commendation in her Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Masters at Birmingham City University. Prior to joining WRM, Charlotte completed her two year training contract further afield in a Peterborough firm.
In her spare time, Charlotte enjoys looking after her puppy, going to the gym and watching a good series.

Gary Sawyer BEng(Hons) MBA MBE
Solicitor - Commercial Property Department and Wills and Probate Department
Gary’s route into the legal profession has been more protracted than most. After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree, he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot. After 16 years as a front-line pilot flying the Tornado ground attack aircraft, he completed an MBA and moved into management consultancy, programme management and process improvement. He then decided to pursue an aspiration he had held for a while and completed a Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law in Birmingham.
Away from work he is an enthusiastic, if somewhat unskilled hockey player, is a keen road cyclist and tries to ski at least once a year. Legal studies have taken up much of his time over the last 2 1/2 years but he also enjoys spending time with his family and friends.

Kirsty Roberts LLB (Hons)
Solicitor - Family Law Department and Wills and Probate Department
Kirsty qualified in April 2020 and joined the Family department in July 2020. She is a member of Resolution and encourages her clients to resolve disputes as amicably as possible with the other party.
Kirsty’s work includes reviewing financial disclosure in order to put forward settlement proposals in financial matters, advising her clients about the options for agreeing child arrangements with the other parent, supporting her clients with applications for non-molestation and occupation orders, and advising her clients about their rights as cohabitees. Kirsty enjoys keeping updated on legal news and recent case law and drafting blogs about Family law issues. Kirsty also undertakes work in our Wills and Probate Department and specialises in will drafting.
Before qualifying as a Solicitor, Kirsty graduated with a 2:1 in Law from the University of Manchester and obtained a Distinction in the Legal Practice Course from BPP University in Birmingham. She then gained experience as a Litigation Paralegal at a Manchester firm and as a Legal Assistant in the Regulatory department of a London firm, before undertaking her training at a local high street firm.
Kirsty enjoys reading, doing yoga and volunteering at her local nature reserve.

Shola Parry
Paralegal - Wills and Probate Department
Solihull: 0121 705 7571
Dorridge: 01564 779393