I have lived and worked in Norfolk for around 20 years.
My passions are music (particularly 60s and 70s soul and rare groove) and coarse fishing.
When not on the riverbank, I enjoy visiting the Norfolk coast with my wife and friends.
I qualified as a solicitor in 1999 having graduated from Bristol University and have worked within a legal environment for 22 years.
I now specialise in private client law, and have done for the past 6 years, having spent the preceding years as a criminal defence advocate.
In July 2017, I joined the firm as a Private Client Solicitor in the Heacham office.
In particular, I advise on tax efficient, flexible and protective wills, and powers of attorney alongside the efficient administration of estates.
I will shortly be undertaking the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) examinations.
I help private individuals, trustees, executors and business owners.
Clients have a wide range of aims and priorities and I pride myself on being able to prioritise their concerns and objectives quickly in an approachable and down-to-earth manner.
It is important to me that my clients feel at ease discussing what can be emotive and sensitive issues. I work hard to ensure that I tailor my advice to those individual concerns and objectives.
My wife and I used Ward Gethin Archer for a complete review of all matters connected with our wills and estate. We received excellent, totally professinal service and were very pleased with all aspects of the service we received.
Very pleased with the interview and the suggested wording of my will. Overall a smooth experience.
My recent case with WGA was handling in a professional and friendly manner. I was kept fully up-to-date on progress throughout. This engendered a feeling of confidence and trust in the person handling my case. Based on my recent experiences...
Would highly recommend. Very helpful and professional.
Friendly, efficient, relaxed, clearly explained and cost effective relative to other local firms.
James was extremley helpful and informative on our options. His professionalism and ability to make all aspects of our requests easy to achive made our experience very smooth.
I can't think of anything to improve your company. Great service of your company and Solicitor James Macwhirter
James was very helpful and informative. My will was completed to my satisfaction and in a reasonable timescale. I would be happy to recommend WGA to friends.
This was a very straightforward transaction I was explained and advised very professionally, fees are not overly expensive for expert guidance,overall very happy.
James dealt with a review of our will and subsequent changes. He was extremely pleasant to deal with and identified a couple of points that needed addressing on our previous will. Easy straightforward process and would definitely recommend.
On deciding to do our will we saw James about it. The advice and choices that we were given were very helpful and allowed us to make the right decision for us.
We used Ward Gethin Archer to draw up wills and LPA. We are a married couple in our late 70's and found the service provided very helpful, the advice very clearly and comprehensively explained and we were shown complete respect...