Pat provides friendly, professional and specialist advice to clients in a wide range of Estate administration matters. This includes the drafting of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and Estate Planning to make sure your affairs are structured in the best possible way for your circumstances.
Pat graduated from the University of East Anglia, obtaining a degree in law in 2014 before completing his Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in Cambridge. Pat then spent a year working in medical negligence before joining Leathes Prior as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2016. Pat started his training contract in the Residential Conveyancing Team before spending time in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team. He then qualified into the Wills, Estates & Powers of Attorney Team in September 2018. Pat was promoted to Associate in May 2022.
Away from the office, Pat is a keen football fan and keeps a close eye on the results of his two teams – Celtic and Manchester City. When he is not occupied with celebrating the success of his two football clubs, Pat is a big music fan and has a growing vinyl collection.
I would also like to thank you for your excellent service throughout. I must apologise that we made it far more complicated than you were probably expecting, changing our minds about the various charities etc. but you were very patient with us, plus also advising us of the various ramifications that may arise. I am delighted that I know we have you to turn to should the circumstances arise where we need help at some point in the future. With David’s help in our conveyancing needs, and yours with our future estates, I believe we are in excellent hands, and I look forward to a long association with Leathes Prior into the future
Pat’s help and assistance with my Will and the process involved was very much appreciated. The process itself was very smooth, with various options offered to me for contact and discussions from face to face meetings, video conferences to telephone calls at my convenience. Pat himself was very friendly and easy to talk to, whilst also of course being very professional throughout. I would be more than happy to recommend both his and Leathes Prior’s services.
Our experience with Pat was very positive. He listened carefully with our wishes and provided us with detailed guidance on legal options based on our individual and joint requirements. Throughout he was engaging and following our meeting provided us with written information for us to give consideration to prior to subsequent meetings to finalise our wills. His manner and approach throughout the process gave us clear overview of matters we should individually and collectively give consideration to. Explanation of legal terminology was clear enabling us to grasp understanding appropriate to our needs. Follow up meetings and emails provided clarity until both draft wills were sent to us for signing and returning. With our experience, we would have no hesitation in making recommendation of Patrick to family and friends requiring wills.
We thought that the service you provided was excellent and thank you for responding promptly to any questions that we had during this process. We will not hesitate to contact you again should we need your services in the future.