Sharon Barriball

Private Client Executive – Private Client

Sharon is a Private Client Executive with over 10 years’ experience within the Private Client Team. Although based in our Holsworthy office she is regularly instructed by clients throughout Devon and Cornwall.

Sharon has extensive experience in dealing with bereaved families and assisting them through the Probate and administration process which is often a very difficult time. Sharon approaches each case in a professional and understanding way taking the time to explain each step to achieve a smooth and swift outcome.

Sharon also assists elderly clients and their families with applications for Powers of Attorney. She will regularly attend elderly clients in their homes, nursing home or hospital settings to take instructions and avoid the need for a meeting within the office which can often be difficult for the elderly.

She says: “I enjoy being part of the Private Client Team at Peter Peter & Wright, it gives me an immense sense of being able to help people at a time when they are at a low point in their lives. Whether it be an elderly client who needs assistance to navigate their way through the process of obtaining a Lasting Power of Attorney or a bereaved family. Bereavement is a very difficult time, and I always try to approach each client with a sense of empathy and understanding helping to take the stress of dealing with the Probate Court and the administration of the estate off their shoulders.”

Career

Sharon joined Peter Peter & Wright in 1997 as a secretary within the Conveyancing department in our Bude office. Sharon had a short break to bring up her children rejoining the firm in 2008 this time undertaking Family/Personal Injury Law, assisting solicitors with their cases. In 2014 an opening in the Private Client Department within the Holsworthy office became available and Sharon moved across to join the team and has developed an extensive knowledge of this area of law.

Expertise

Sharon can assist in a wide range of matters including:

• Small estate and large estate administration
• Probate
• Intestacy
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Deputyships