Our People

Martin is a Partner and Solicitor at Bell & Buxton, specialising in Private Client Law.

He is recommended in the Legal 500 as "exceptional in his field of expertise and can easily explain complex legal matters in layman's terms".

He is a member of Solicitors for the Elderly and has acted as the Deputy Clerk to the Inland Revenue Tax Commissioners.

He has 30 years' experience of dealing with a wide variety of private client work, including:

• Wills and Estate Planning;
• Powers of Attorney;
• Inheritance Tax Mitigation and Asset Protection;
• Court of Protection applications;
• Formation and Administration of Trusts;
• Administration of deceased estates; 

Martin qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and has been based in Sheffield throughout his legal career and has built long-lasting relationships with his clients. He often finds himself acting for several generations of the same family and is proud to do so in a local law firm. 

Martin is also recommended by the Legal 500 for his work in elderly client law, where he has considerable expertise acting for and advising clients on creating powers of attorney in respect of property and financial affairs, health decisions and estate planning in the context of residential care home fees.