SOLICITOR Carol Lockett has joined Jackaman Smith and Mulley and will work at the law firm's Felixstowe office.Ms Lockett has 27 years' experience in advising on inheritance tax planning through lifetime gifts, trust, wills and deeds of variation and advising the elderly on lasting powers of attorney and care fees planning.

SOLICITOR Carol Lockett has joined Jackaman Smith and Mulley and will work at the law firm's Felixstowe office.

Ms Lockett has 27 years' experience in advising on inheritance tax planning through lifetime gifts, trust, wills and deeds of variation and advising the elderly on lasting powers of attorney and care fees planning.

She is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a past president of the Suffolk and North Essex Law Society.

She has written articles, spoken extensively and taken part in training videos for the legal profession.