Probate

A guide to probate services

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

Probate services are generally required to carry out the final wishes of someone after they have passed away. All their financial affairs such as their possessions, money and estate will need to be properly dealt with and distributed as stated in their Will. A probate solicitor will tend to help deal with any of the deceased’s outstanding debts and will assist in the distribution of the money and assets to the chosen next of kin.

A probate registry will take away your blues

Written By: Mark Harris

The Probate Registry is the court responsible for all legal matters concerning the death of an individual and the administration and redistribution of their estate. The primary role of the Probate Registry is to issue Grants of Representation to the people given the responsibility for administering an estate. A Grant of Representation is a legal document which bestows upon someone the right to take charge of a deceased person’s affairs.

A professional Wills-smith can prevent trouble in your neighbourhood

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

You may not like to think about making your Will very often, but it is a very important document that will instruct what you want to happen to your belongings after you die. Making a Will is the best way for you to legally control what happens to your assets and property after your death.

Are probate services a grim undertaking?

Written By: Jenny Spencer

Probate is the term that embodies the process which occurs after someone dies. The probate service contains the need for communication between different parties. For example, the courts and the financial companies the deceased was involved with. Throughout the probate service, the person’s assets and unresolved financial issues are settled.

Death and inheritance taxes

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

If the estate of the deceased’s is worth £325,000 or more, inheritance tax will be owed. The current level of inheritance tax is set at 40% of the estates totally worth, which will need to be paid either in part or in full before a grant of probate can be issued.

DIY Probate - a little harder than putting up a shelf

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

The legal proceedings that are associated with probate can at times often be quite a long and complex process. Because of these complicated issues only a small minority of families will attempt to undertake this process on their own using DIY probate. Although DIY probate can seem to be a much simpler avenue to take for those that wish to preserve as much of the deceased’s estate as possible, it can also become such an overwhelming task that it makes matters worse.

DIY Probate - a well-executed plan?

Written By: Jenny Spencer

DIY probate means that you are prepared to tackle the probate process without the help of a Solicitor or legal consulting. Probate is often a complicated and painful process for a family suffering loss and it is important for the family to consider the hardship that DIY probate may involve or otherwise cause.

Do executors make a killing?

Written By: Jenny Spencer

Executors have been given responsibility by the deceased to carry out the wishes of the will and distribute the assets accordingly. The Executor must be a trustworthy candidate for the role and the deceased’s choice of their executor is a very important matter in the will-making process.

Dont leave your estate in a state - learn about estate administration

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

After someone passes away their estate will need to be dealt with and distributed to all the beneficiaries. If for some reason the deceased did not have a valid Will in place then the law will be forced to deal with the administering the estate by the rule of intestacy. This process will distribute the deceased estate and all their assets.

Executors in probate

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

An executor will usually be named in a Will to control how a deceased person’s legal property and personal possessions are distributed to their loved ones. They will ensure that all of the deceased’s affairs are properly taken care of and that all their last wishes are carried out.

Get the last word with your Last Will

Written By: Jenny Spencer

The Last Will and Testament is the title of the document that an individual writes prior to the event of their death. A Solicitor can advise and guide the individual in the writing of their Last Will of Testament and it is worth seeking legal advice if the person in question holds substantial assets or possesses any kind of business stocks and shares.

How a person's estate is composed

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

While most people would be uncomfortable summing a person as just the net worth of all the things they own at any one point in time, they would probably concede that this is the best way to go about the process of probate. In legal jargon a person’s estate is the net worth of all their possessions at any one point in time.

How to choose from Wills and Probate solicitors

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

You will need to seek assistance from a Wills and probate solicitor to ensure that the estate of someone who has recently died can be lawfully distributed in accordance with their final wishes contained in their Last Will and Testament.

Inheritance need not be taxing

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

Inheritance tax is what is known as a transfer tax in that it is basically a transaction fee that is imposed by the state when the title of the estate of a deceased person passes to the executor of their Will. Inheritance tax acted to replace the Capital Transfer Tax in 1986. The jump from not being eligible to pay any inheritance tax to being fully eligible is steep.

Make a Will to guide your possessions into the right hands

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

If an individual has ever given serious thought to what they would like to happen to all the money, property, possessions, investments and other ‘stuff’ that they will have built up over their lives, it is advisable that they should make a Will. If this individual should make a Will, it will act as a legal statement of what they would like to happen to their entire estate, the sum total of everything they own when the die.

Make a Will work for you

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

The process of making a Will, can understandably, be a daunting and problematic task to take on. But it should be remembered that a having a valid Will in place will ensure that your loved ones are provided for properly after you have passed on.

Probate — is there strife after death?

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

Probate is the granting of legal authority to the person named in a Will as the executor of the deceased individual’s estate. This legal authority means that the executor can begin to divide up and allocate the estate and the possessions of the deceased amongst the living, according to the wishes formally expressed in the Deceased’s Will.

Probate and the crystallisation of Wills

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

A Last Will and Testament, otherwise known as a Will, is an important legal document. Perhaps we have all thought about what will happens to the mountains of ‘stuff’ such as possessions, property and investments that we will accumulated at the time of our death. A valid Will allows a person to make sure that this stuff (the estate) is shared out amongst the living.

P-R-O-B-A-T-E, find out what it means to me

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

Probate is the legal process of administering a recently deceased estate. it involves resolving all the claims made against the estate, informing any creditors and resolving any outstanding debts by using the estate, and distributing the deceased estate to any beneficiaries that are stated in the Will. If there is no Will in place, the law will decide who the deceased’s estate will go to through the rules of intestacy.

Probate, the Last Will and the inevitability of death

Written By: Ben Hawkscroft

It is very important to make a Last Will and Testament as it ensures that your loved ones are properly provided for in the event of your death. You will need to make a legally valid Will to make sure that all your final wishes are carried out and your loved ones get what they deserve.

The fundamentals of Probate

Written By: Colm Wolstencroft

Probate is fundamentally the legal process that bestows upon one individual the legal right to manage and distribute the estate of another individual who is deceased. In this context an ‘estate’ is simply the net worth of everything the individual owns (money, investments, property, possessions) at the time of their death.  

It is perhaps only when a person begins to get a little older and a little wiser that they begin to think about what will happen to the estate they accumulated over the course of their life.

The morbid mission of Wills and Probate solicitors

Written By: Jenny Spencer

The role of a solicitor with regards to wills and probate is various depending on the personal circumstances of the individual and their specific needs. It is highly recommended that the individual seeking to write a will or for someone who is in the probate process, contact a solicitor for advice and guidance through this complex area of law.