There’s no single public database in England, where you can find everything you want to know about a property. However, you can usually discover who owns the house next door through HM Land Registry. Here’s how to go about it: Finding Out Who Owns Next Door Visit … [Read more...]
How to Lay Claim to An Unclaimed Estate
When a person dies without a will in England or Wales, and there are no known blood relatives, the assets pass to the Crown as 'ownerless property'. This ‘bona vacantia’ as it’s quaintly called in Latin (meaning unclaimed goods) could be any possession from a … [Read more...]
What is Probate and How to Do It in England and Wales?
Probate is an old-fashioned word meaning ‘something proven’, in this case the intentions of a person leaving a will. In fact, much of our UK law around succession has strong overtones to days when marriage was sacrosanct, and the church was responsible for what happened … [Read more...]
