Unfortunately you can’t walk into the solicitor’s office, and demand what many people mistakenly believe is their right. Your £150,000 will remain in your uncle’s estate until his will is wound up, and this can take a while. As beneficiary, you have a potential right … [Read more...]
Preserve Your Property after Death with a Life Interest Trust
If you are making a will you may wish to preserve your property intact for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you built it with your own hands, or renovated it yourself. Maybe you associate it with so many memories you can’t stand the thought of letting it go. Your spouse … [Read more...]
Tips for Administering Probate in a Potentially Insolvent Estate
There have been several cases recently of large-scale abuse of vulnerable people by famous names. Some of these left large sums of money although post mortem law suits exceeded these amounts. There’s new official guidance from The Law Society on how to … [Read more...]
How to Apply for a Grant of Probate on Your Own
Even if a person quite close you passes on, you may still need government permission before you dive in, empty their house, and share out their possessions. That because the administration wants to see fair play. You probably need to get a Grant of Probate, even if … [Read more...]
Applying for Probate What You May Need to Know
A death in the family is a distressing event. It leaves them scrambling for advice regarding what to do with the deceased’s possessions. This is what probate is in England and Wales, although that’s just a legal term for sorting their things out. When someone dies, … [Read more...]
Resealing Probate What You Need to Know Before You Try
A grant of probate allows an executor to wind up a specific estate in a particular country. Many of Britain’s dominions and colonies adopted the legal principles of ‘their old country’ as they evolved to full legal independence. Resealing makes it potentially easier … [Read more...]
Avery Associates Explain How To Avoid Some Of The Pitfalls Of Probate
How to avoid some of the pitfalls of probate The task of deceased estate valuation is never an easy one and without the helping hand of a professional, can be a daunting one. Given time constraints and sometimes many articles and stored valuables left by the … [Read more...]
Probate News – Huge WW2 Guns And Weapons Collection Found In Muswell Hill Home
How To You Value Firearms, Guns And Edged Weapons For Probate In early June this year I was contacted by a very nice gentleman who had chosen our company to carry out a valuation of house contents for probate for the estate of his late father. He was aware that we … [Read more...]
Whats Involved When Dealing With Probate – Why Its Wise To Use Professional Valuers!
Do you need to get probate granted? In England, probate is the term used when someone has died and their money, possessions and any property they own has to be put in order. Probate is granted through the courts and is the first step of administering a deceased … [Read more...]
How To Get A Probate Valuation Of Property And Chattels For Inheritance Tax
Probate Property Valuation Made Easy Perhaps you find yourself in the position of having to value a house and its contents for probate? Do you know where to begin? There is a lot to ascertain when it comes to probate valuation of property and house contents … [Read more...]
