Administration of Deceased’s Estates
When a loved one dies, it’s clearly an emotional time. However, the formalities of administering, distributing and winding up the estate still have to be completed.
We have considerable experience of acting either as the executors appointed under a Will or, alternatively, as advisors to the appointed family executors.
We are also experts in dealing with intestate estates, where the deceased has made no Will and advice is needed on the various issues which arise.
Dealing with an estate can be a complicated business, and may involve the settlement of the deceased’s tax affairs, payment of the debts of the deceased, arranging for valuations of the assets of the deceased, tracking missing beneficiaries, administration of ongoing trusts, dealing with the Probate Registry and the department of Work & Pensions, preparing full estate Accounts, calculating Inheritance Tax and liaising with the Capital Taxes Office.
We can help with all of this. For details of the likely costs, please click here.
Contentious Probate
Sometimes, things go wrong with estates, and there may be no option but to dispute the terms of a Will or to make a claim against an estate.
We’re experienced in both making such applications and defending them on behalf of estates.
