Joanne Fraser

Specialises in Court of Protection matters, often dealing with the family or legal advisors of the client who has lost the mental capacity to manage their property and affairs. Joanne’s clients have often but not always been awarded a substantial personal injury compensation award, and she then assists in the management of those damages in the best interests of the client. Joanne’s work involves dealing with deputyship applications, offering a professional deputyship service, and applications including gifts and statutory wills. She also deals with lasting power of attorneys, personal injury trusts and trusts for infants. Joanne is a specialist in litigation support services and expert witness statements. · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandCourt of Protection, Deputyship

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About

Joanne Fraser is a partner at Irwin Mitchell who specialises in Court of Protection matters, including deputyship applications, professional deputyship services, lasting powers of attorney, personal injury trusts, statutory wills and trusts for infants, and provides litigation support and expert witness statements. She manages the Leeds Court of Protection team, supervises the Manchester COP team, qualified in 2006 and has been a partner since 2014.

Practice areas

Court of ProtectionDeputyshipPersonal InjuryTrustsLasting Powers of AttorneyLitigation Support

Office

England

Irwin Mitchell · Specialises in Court of Protection matters, often dealing with the family or legal advisors of the client who has lost the mental capacity to manage their property and affairs. Joanne’s clients have often but not always been awarded a substantial personal injury compensation award, and she then assists in the management of those damages in the best interests of the client. Joanne’s work involves dealing with deputyship applications, offering a professional deputyship service, and applications including gifts and statutory wills. She also deals with lasting power of attorneys, personal injury trusts and trusts for infants. Joanne is a specialist in litigation support services and expert witness statements.

England

Expertise

Deputyship applications and professional deputyshipManagement of personal injury compensation and damagesLasting powers of attorneyPersonal injury trustsStatutory willsTrusts for infantsLitigation support and expert witness statements

Education

St Peters RC School, Solihull
Nottingham Trent University (2000-2003 LLB)
College of Law, York (2003-2004 LPC)

Admissions

Qualified 2006