Liverpool law firm Jackson Lees appoints three new directors to the Jackson Lees Trust Corporation

Law firm Jackson Lees is appointing three new directors to the Jackson Lees Trust Corporation.

This is a body set up to ensure “continuity, availability and professionalism” for people accessing the firm’s private client services, including Court of Protection services.

Danielle Carter, Chris Stone and Heather Horsewood have joined the board of directors, taking its total to nine members. Launched in 2019 the Trust Corporation can act as executor, attorney, trustee or property and financial affairs deputy.

It means the Court of Protection team are able to support clients with an increasingly streamlined and more flexible service. It moves away from the previous reliance on the practice of head of department and former panel deputy Jane MacGregor holding deputyship appointments in her personal name.

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Joanne McNally is a director of the Trust Corporation and deputy head of the Court of Protection department at Jackson Lees, which has offices in Liverpool, Wirral and Manchester.

She said: “Client outcomes and improving their experience is always at the top of our agenda, so setting up the Trust Corporation was a massive step for the business as a whole.

“It maintains continuity of service for clients as a result of more people being available to make decisions and sign documents without reliance on one individual which can cause delays.”