About Us

Emma is a very experienced Private Client solicitor having qualified in 2003. She has headed three specialist Private Client teams and was made partner. She settled in Shropshire at the end of her husband’s last Armed Forces posting as she likes the people and the countryside, especially the easy access to the North Wales coast.

Emma has a wealth of experience assisting clients to plan for their futures and make arrangements to protect and provide for their family’s futures. Striving to provide legal advice “in a straightforward manner with the focus on practical solutions to legal issues”. Emma specifically deals with Wills and planning for high net worth clients and those with alternative family structures and complicated and/or high net worth estate administration to include farmers and other business owners.

Emma is a Full STEP member.

My career into the realms of Trusts and Estates began when I spent 8 years with Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd in Liverpool and by the time I left to start a family I had studied for the Institute of Banking Trusts & Estates Diploma and gained considerable experience in the administration of Trusts & Estates and associated tax work. I also assisted the Littlewoods Pools Winners Liaison Office in advising winners on Tax Planning and Investments, which was both interesting and exciting, although I never met Viv Nicholson of Spend Spend Spend fame!

Some 4 years later we had relocated to Shropshire and I was offered a position with the longstanding Shrewsbury firm, Garrard Mitchell, which merged with Sprott Stokes and Turnbull and became Turnbull Garrard. Over the years I have worked with many clients, completing their wills, LPA’s and offered them Tax Advice and sadly their estates, and now advise their children and even grandchildren.

I have worked on complex estates both on intestacy and where there is a valid will, being involved in all aspects of tax; including Heritage Relief Claims, Agricultural Relief and Business Relief for IHT and Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax.

I pride myself on being compassionate, patient and understanding in the difficult and upsetting circumstances clients find themselves in on the death of a family member or friend. Evidenced by the fact that many return as clients. I am now a Consultant with the experienced team at Ashton & Co, with whom I have worked with for many years, and offer an expert and personalised service to all my clients.

Away from the office I enjoy spending time with my family and dog Skye and in my spare time like walking and taking holidays.

Having completed a Business Degree in 2001 I worked for a National Equestrian Construction business in Shropshire, gaining valuable business experience. Due to their relocation in 2007 and my desire to stay in Shrewsbury, I was offered the position of Legal Cashier at Turnbull Garrard and was quickly promoted to Head Cashier, supporting all the Lawyers with the SRA accounts, VAT and Payroll. In 2012 we were acquired by a National Firm and over the years I received various promotions and became Revenue and Accounts Manager, specialising in the Trusts and Estates area of Law, of a successful multimillion pound national department.

In February 2023 there was an opportunity to join Ashton & Co Solicitors as Practice and Accounts Manager, working alongside and supporting a local team whom I have worked with for over 10 years.

I have raised over £45,000 for a charity close to my heart, Breast Cancer Campaign, by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and running the London Marathon, which resulted in being invited to a presentation at the House of Lords.

Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my partner, family and friends and my two Jack Russell’s.

I am a Paralegal specialising in the preparation of Wills, Ordinary/General Powers of Attorney, Lasting Powers of Attorney and elderly client matters with over 17 years of experience of working in a legal setting assisting clients with day to day matters and more complex situations that they find themselves in whether that be in their own home, care or nursing environment ensuring that the client’s thoughts, feelings and concerns are never lost.

I began my legal career in July 2005 as a Legal Secretary at Moss and Poulson Solicitors before becoming a Paralegal in May 2011 and working for a national firm. In February 2023 an exciting opportunity arose for me to become part of Ashton & Co Solicitors and I am proud to be part of such an established team of lawyers specialising in private client matters with over 80 years of expertise between us.

Outside of work I enjoy spending time with family and friends in the Shropshire and Powys countryside.

My career in the law started in 2014 when I joined Linder Myers Solicitors as an Administration Apprentice and then Legal Assistant in the busy Trusts & Estates department. In June 2021, I graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a First Class Law Degree which I achieved whilst working full time in the Trusts and Estates department. Combining work and study was challenging but enabled me to gain valuable experience in Trusts and Estates and benefit from the expertise and mentorship of my experienced colleagues.

I joined Ashton & Co Solicitors with the rest of the team in February 2023. I manage my own caseload of Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney and also work alongside senior colleagues to assist with the administration of estates and trust work. Having recently passed my final CILEX exam, I am now commencing my final phase of required training which will see me qualify as a Chartered Legal Executive towards the end of 2024.

In common with my colleagues at Ashton & Co I find helping clients through what are often difficult times very rewarding. I feel that good advice delivered in a supportive, caring approachable manner can make a real difference.

After leaving sixth form, I began working as a receptionist at a local law firm and was shortly after promoted to an assistant within the Trusts & Estates Department.

I started working at Ashton & Co in February 2023 as a legal assistant, primarily assisting Richard Ashton but also providing support to the whole team with the preparation of Wills, Powers of Attorney and the administration of estates.

In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family and friends (and running around after my 3 cats!)

Irena began her career with the small Shrewsbury firm of Sandford & Co in 1972 and has many years of experience as a legal assistant in the Private Client Sector.

I have worked in the legal sector since 2019 but truly found a passion for Private Client Law when I started working with Richard in 2021 at a previous firm. I am an Administrative Assistant at Ashton & Co Solicitors and have been with the firm since it was first established in February 2023, I hope to progress in my career at Ashton & Co Solicitors and one day become a Legal Executive.

I currently assist Emma Wing with all aspects of her work, including Estate Administration, Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. I am also the first point of contact for clients in the handling of all incoming enquiries as I find working with people to be very fulfilling and pride myself in being understanding in challenging circumstances.

I am a huge Fleetwood Mac fan and I have a beautiful two year old Labrador called Neville.