Charlotte Ponder LL.B (Hons) TEP is the Legal Director of Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd and Countrywide Legacy, Charlotte holds a key responsibility in overseeing the running of the company as well as ensuring that the day-to-day operations run smoothly.
With a strong legal background, Charlotte is well placed to take on this demanding position, having worked in multiple areas of law before progressing to Countrywide and interacted directly with clients to explain complex concepts in a simple manner.
Following her studies and being called to the Bar, Charlotte’s legal career began in family law. As well as providing a strong foundation for her legal experience to build upon, here she also witnessed many divorce cases involving high asset losses, sparking her interest in how such consequences could be prevented.
Superhero Webinar 79: Estate Planning for Single Clients and Unmarried Couples Part TWO of our pentalogy! Our “Planning for different client scenarios” Superhero Webinar series will help you provide Estate Planning solutions for all your
The first part of our pentalogy: Planning for different client scenarios The latest in our Superhero Webinar series will provide you with an Estate Planning guide for all of your clients. Part ONE of five
The first part of our pentalogy: Planning for different client scenarios The latest in our Superhero Webinar series will provide you with an Estate Planning guide for all of your clients. Part ONE of five
Many Advisors hesitate when it comes to dealing with corporate clients, worried that their estate planning knowledge will let them down, but this means missing out on many opportunities. Estate planning for clients with businesses
Estate planning for clients with businesses correctly can reap significant rewards for both the client and the practitioner. Our next Superhero Webinar will further your current knowledge and awareness of what planning may be implemented
Register for ‘Superhero Webinar 76: Proper Trusts VS Life Interest Trusts’ to discover why Flexible Life/Life Interest Trusts aren’t the best solution and how you can provide the strongest estate plans for your clients. Topics
Whether you’re an estate planner, private client solicitor, Will writer, financial adviser, accountant or another within the industry, for us to write the best Wills possible and formulate the strongest estate plans for our clients,
Flexible Life/Life Interest Wills: Health warning for your clients’ wealth! Topics include: • When are Flexible Life/Life Interest Trusts the best solution? • When are Flexible Life/Life Interest Trusts not the best solution? • What
At Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd, we take pride in offering high quality guidance to help you provide the best estate planning advice to your clients. Wealthy clients, in particular, are often concerned with
As many of you will know, Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd offer a holistic toolkit to our associates including the most advanced private client document drafting software in the business, Countrywide Legacy, as well
Topics include: Pilot Trusts vs Will Trusts – Why Pilot Trusts can offer a significant IHT advantage Clients who are gifting in lifetime can suffer an IHT penalty if they use Will Trusts as opposed
With the government restrictions showing no sign of abating, clients are continuing to embrace the world of conducting both business and pleasure via Zoom, Facetime, and Google Meet (other video conferencing facilities are available). There’s
Protect your client’s estate from Inheritance Tax liabilities! Our next Superhero Webinar is part 1 of our Inheritance Tax Planning guide and covers how to reduce your client’s IHT liabilities. Topics include: • Dealing with
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Protect your client’s estate from IHT liabilities! Our next Superhero Webinar is part 1 of our Inheritance Tax Planning guide and covers how to reduce your client’s IHT liabilities. Topics include: • Dealing with Life
There are many elements to consider to ensure that your business is successful but when it comes to delivering great customer service, then how and when we choose to communicate with our customers is crucial.
Good communication is key to having a successful business and so how we choose to communicate with our clients is vital. Recently, at Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd we wanted to build a new,
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! Superhero Webinar 72 is part 2 of using the RIGHT Trust to protect your client’s wealth. Finding the right trust shouldn’t feel like a maze, we can show you the way!
Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and our vast experience in the Will writing and legal services arena means we have gained a thorough understanding of what our clients/customers really want
Superhero Webinar 72 is part 2 of using the RIGHT Trust to protect your client’s wealth. We can help you put your estate planning advice in the right gear! Agenda • Taxation and Trusts •
Superhero Webinar 71 is all about using the RIGHT Trust to protect your client’s wealth and will be hosted by: Charlotte Ponder TEP LLB (Hons) Legal Director and Kerry Murphy STEP Associate GCILEx ,Technical Helpline
Our next Superhero Webinar will be presented by our Legal Director, Charlotte Ponder TEP LLB (Hons), and Kerry Murphy STEP Associate GCILEx who is a Technical Helpline Advisor in our Estate Planning team. Both are
During Covid-19 lockdown, email attacks on businesses have risen to a record high with over 500,000 malicious email attacks having been received by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) during the last three months. This
Many estate planners are aware of the benefits of having life assurance policies held in Trust as opposed to not, but when it comes to “which” Trust to use, that’s when things can become a
Complex inheritance tax rules are leading to innocent families being investigated by HMRC. With HMRC now investigating approximately one in four estates that pay the death duty they have received a massive £274 million from
In our next Superhero Webinar, we will be joined by the Director of CTT Law Ltd, Anthony Mbanefo-Harris who will be outlining exactly HOW CTT Law can help your clients and your business. Agenda •
In our next Superhero Webinar, we will be discussing our firm CTT Law Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Agenda An introduction to our SRA regulated law firm – Who,
More and more people these days are choosing the surrogacy route to have children but there are some important issues to consider both for the intended parents and the surrogate herself, in terms of their
Protect against tomorrow’s threats today Over the last 20+ years, our Directors have built up a strong relationship with Start Software. We have recently been listening to their advice on how to keep both our
Time for change Recently, we have all made many changes to the way we work. At Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd we used this as an opportunity to step back and take a fresh
Covid-19 has meant a big change in the way people work and with thousands of people now working remotely it means that now, more than ever, we all need to be reviewing our systems thoroughly
Presented by guest speaker Robin Bennett MA (Oxon) FIAP MIoD A practical and entertaining webinar showing you how to protect yourself, your business and your clients from IT and internet risks. No prior knowledge assumed