Karl Beckett | Partner

Partner.

Teams:

Wills & Probate | Lasting Powers of Attorney | Estate Planning
Office location:

Oswestry
Language:

English

Assistant: Tina Dovaston

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Karl is recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in the 2025 edition of the Legal 500.

Profile / Experience

Since 2010, Karl has specialised in private client work and also contentious probate. Karl’s work broadly includes the following:

The preparation of straightforward and complex wills, which include will trusts;
The drafting of trusts;
Advising on executor/trustee duties;
Probate and the administration of estates, including complex estates which are subject to Inheritance Tax;
Drafting instruments of variation;
Lasting Powers of Attorney; and
Contentious probate, including advice to trustees, executors and beneficiaries

Karl qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joined Lanyon Bowdler as a partner in June 2023. Karl works in the Private Client Team at our Oswestry office.

Karl has previously acted as trustee for a number of trusts and has direct knowledge of the issues that trustees can face. Karl has also been appointed as an independent executor in cases where there is a dispute between personal representatives as to who should act.

Karl is recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in the 2025 edition of the Legal 500.

Karl is a full member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) having completed the Diploma in Trusts and Estates in 2008 and being made a full member the same year. Additionally, Karl is also a member of ACTAPS (the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists) having completed the Associate Membership course in 2014 and being admitted as a member in 2016.

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Podcast

When the Intestacy Rules Won’t Work for You – and Famous People Who’ve Died Without Leaving a Will: Karl Beckett and Aimee Johnson

We discuss intestacy rules and when they don't apply, i.e. what happens when you die without leaving a will. This is par...

Published • 11 Nov 2024

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When the Intestacy Rules Won’t Work for You – and Famous People Who’ve Died Without Leaving a Will: Karl Beckett and Aimee Johnson

We discuss intestacy rules and when they don't apply, i.e. what happens when you die without leaving a will. This is par...

Published • 11 Nov 2024

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Blog

Where There’s a Will There’s a Way

Whilst many people will engage in hours of financial planning during their lifetime, not everyone recognises the im...

Nicole Cousins • 29 Oct 2024

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Podcast

LISTEN AGAIN: Financial Abuse by Attorneys – Edward Rees and Claire Vale

We talk about the role of an attorney. Attorneys manage the estate of a donor whilst they're still alive and Claire is s...

Published • 19 Aug 2024

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LISTEN AGAIN: Estates and Farming Disputes – Edward Rees and Claire Vale

The various types of farming disputes affecting the estates of farmers - the farm owner hasn't left a will, or when bene...

Published • 12 Aug 2024

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The Cost of Dying – Edward Rees and Sophie Burgoyne

We look at the increased cost of dying and the changes in the certification of death, which includes the increased cost ...

Published • 05 Aug 2024

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How Lasting Powers of Attorney are Needed before Moving into a Care Home – Kate Lawson and Ann Rose

Ann stresses the importance of having lasting power of attorney in place, ideally before the need for care arises and ho...

Published • 22 Jul 2024

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Blog

Is transferring my house to my children a good idea?

As private client practitioners, we are asked almost every day by clients about transferring their home into their ...

Sophie Burgoyne • 02 Jul 2024

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Blog

Executors to a Will – Duties Explained

Executors are persons appointed to deal with the administration of an estate when you pass away having made a will....

Hollie Daniels • 03 Jun 2024

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Podcast

Estates and Farming Disputes – Edward Rees and Claire Vale

We discuss the various types of farming disputes affecting the estates of farmers, sharing a few scenarios, including on...

Published • 28 May 2024

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An Insight into the Charity Connect for Life with Special Guest Alison Humphreys

Kate speaks with Alison from Connect for Life, she explains that the Oswestry based charity supports anyone with memory ...

Published • 14 May 2024

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Blog

Being a Trainee in the Private Client Department

Lanyon Bowdler offer four to six training contracts each year and welcome candidates from all avenues, whether they...

Kelly Reynolds • 18 Apr 2024

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Podcast

Mutually Irrevocable Wills and Why You Should Never do Them – Edward Rees and Claire Vale

Mirror wills allow for updates and amendments, which better reflects how lives can change....

Published • 17 Apr 2024

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