PEOPLE AT CALLAGHANS
Belinda Butler Smith
Partner
Education:
Read History at Durham University then trained with Collyer Bristow in Holborn, qualifying in 1980.
Experience:Belinda worked for several years at Collyer Bristow after qualifying, then following a move to Bristol worked for leading west country firm Burges Salmon for a number of years. Belinda was one of the founding partners of Callaghans in 1990 and runs the Private Client Department, specialising in Wills, Probate, Trusts and Court of Protection work.
By its nature, Belinda’s work involves her getting to know her clients and their family circumstances and she very much enjoys the personal contact that this entails.
Belinda has extensive experience working with elderly and vulnerable clients, providing specialist legal solutions in this area.
Professional Memberships:STEP – Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners
SFE – Solicitors for the Elderly
Private Client Section - Law Society
