Ian Bond
Head of Legal and Compliance Officer for Legal Practice
Ian qualified as a solicitor in 2003. Today he is a member of the Law Society's Private Client and Estates Committee, a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a member of their UK Technical Committee, and a member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers.
Ian represents the Law Society at HMCTS Probate Professionals User Group meetings and HMRC Trust and Estates Agents Forums. He gave evidence to the Justice Select Committee on Probate and to the House of Lords Finance Bill Sub-Committee on changes to Inheritance Tax on pensions. More recently he has assisted the working group looking at reforms to the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987.
Ian is a contributor to the Law Society publication 'The Probate Practitioners Handbook' (9th edition) and has written for both industry and consumer journals.




