Probate Solicitors London

Your twenty-minutes of probate advice may be all you need to successfully complete the probate process. Some simple guidance is sometimes all it takes particularly when dealing with small, simple estates with a small number of beneficiaries. However, if you are feeling overwhelmed by the process, which is understandable if you are grieving, or the estate is overly complicated (complex finances, disputes or numerous beneficiaries are common complications) you may decide the services of a probate solicitor are required. If you do, we hope you choose a London probate solicitor from The Probate Network. The free probate advice consultation can be used to both ask questions and to ascertain if the probate solicitor is someone you could have a professional rapport with should you need to seek further (paid for) advice.

What you can expect from the call

Our London based probate solicitors understand how difficult this time can be and will help to help guide you through the process with compassion and expertise. You can expect clear and concise probate advice that should give you direction for your next steps. The probate solicitor you speak to will be experienced, a member of the Law Society and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. They will be qualified and able to advise on all aspects of probate including (but not limited to);

• Applying for a grant of probate
• Applying for letters of administration
• All aspects estate administration including distributing the estate to beneficiaries
• The rules of intestacy
• Probate and Inheritance Tax
• Inheritance Tax Exemptions
• Advice on Trusts that were part of the estate or need to be created as directed by the Will
• Probate involving foreign assets including Resealing a Grant of Probate
• Probate that involves business assets
• Probate property
• Contentious Probate
• Disputed Wills
• International Probate

Following your consultation with a London probate solicitor, you’ll have a clearer understanding of the probate process. If following the call, you feel that you require professional support, you’ll be aware of the associated costs if you ask for a probate quote.

If you want to talk about a probate related dispute the call will provide insight into the legalities involved, the likelihood of a successful claim and the potential costs of professional help. The call will help you to decide if the dispute is worth pursuing. Often, when the value of the estate is low, the cost of legal action outweighs the likely return.

What will not happen during the call

You will not be pressured into instructing the probate solicitor on a paid basis. The call is to give you free probate advice and is not a sales pitch. However, please note that the call is limited to twenty minutes which, for most people, is all the time required to get the answers to their probate questions. Should you need more in-depth probate advice, or just want to hand over the burden of probate and the associated risks, please ask the solicitor to follow up the call with a probate quote.

Advance preparation for your probate call

Prior to your free probate advice call you may wish to review the Probate Checklist. It’s a list of documents you may need to complete the probate process. These are the documents that will help you to identity and value the estate of the deceased. It’s a really sensible place to start the probate process regardless of whether you are completing the process on your own or with the help of a probate solicitor.

Other Probate Related Services

The probate process often involves numerous tasks for the executor or administrator, many of which require the support of other probate professionals (not just probate solicitors). You may need help locating a will or financial assets of the deceased. Valuing items including probate property, jewellery or cars may need precision to ensure the inheritance tax is calculated correctly or to help secure probate insurance. It’s possible that you may be struggling to pay inheritance tax or the general costs of estate administration in which case a probate loan could be the answer. Whatever your probate related needs you are likely to find a solution in the probate services business directory. It’s a comprehensive and searchable directory which includes both London and Nationwide based probate services providers.

Our Probate solicitors in London operate in the following areas:

Charing Cross, Covent Garden, City Of Westminster, Westminster, Holborn, Bloomsbury, Saint Marylebone, Mayfair, Marylebone, Lambeth, Greater London, City And London Borough Of Westminster, London, City Of London, Finsbury, Saint Pancras, Southwark, Walworth, Islington, South Kensington, North Kensington, West Kensington, Spitalfields, Chelsea, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Bermondsey, Camden Town, Battersea, Camberwell, London Borough Of Islington, Earls Court, Royal London Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea,
Shepherds Bush, Saint Johns Wood, Lower Holloway, Brixton, Kensington, Paddington, Maida Vale, West Brompton, Highgate, Highbury, Peckham, London Borough Of Camden, London Borough Of Southwark, Rotherhithe, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, London Borough Of Lambeth, Hampstead, Notting Hill, Clapham, Tower Hamlets, Limehouse, Stepney, Upper Holloway, Acton, London Borough Of Hammersmith And Fulham, Fulham, Dulwich, East Dulwich, New Cross, Deptford, Balham, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Hammersmith
London Borough Of Wandsworth, Poplar, Millwall, Willesden Green, Cricklewood, Willesden Bow and the surrounding towns and villages.