Sophie Stone

Sophie Stone is a solicitor in our leading Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team and advises clients from our Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham offices, as well as remotely.

She specialises in Court of Protection matters and dealing with deputyship applications, in addition to the preparation of Wills, estate and inheritance tax planning, probate and estate administration and drafting lasting powers of attorney (LPAs).

Sophie initially joined Blandy & Blandy in 2016, working as a secretary and then as a legal assistant, before completing her training contract at the firm in 2022.

She completed the LPC at the University of Law (Guildford) and previously studied Law at the University of Brighton.

Examples of recent work

• Acting on behalf of the attorneys/deputies under lasting powers of attorney or deputy order, for several incapacitated clients and managing their financial affairs.
• Applications to the Court of Protection to appoint property and financial affairs deputies.
• Applications to the Court of Protection to appoint a new trustee or discharge a trustee who has lost capacity.
• Applications to the Court of Protection to allow attorneys/deputies to make specific decisions in other jurisdictions.
• Applications to the Court of Protection to end the appointment of a deputy, where the person has recovered mental capacity.
• Advising attorneys on managing the day to day finances of an incapacitated Donor.