The Ministry of Justice are proposing to increase the Probate Fee from £155.00 for probate professionals and £215.00 for personal applicants to a flat fee of £273.00 for all applicants, regardless of the size of the estate. A Grant of Probate is a document issued by the Probate Registry which gives Executors the legal authority [...]
Two new solicitors have joined long-established law firm Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand as it continues to expand. Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand, which has offices in Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale, has taken on Helen McCabe and Laura Brereton to further strengthen its already experienced private client department team. Clare Love, a partner and head of the department, who has been [...]
Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, has confirmed that the Ministry of Justice has abandoned the planned probate fee increase originally proposed last November which suggested an increase from a flat fee of £155 to a six-band fee structure with estates worth £2m or more being charged £6,000 to obtain a Grant of Probate. The changes were [...]
Dealing with the death of a loved one can be a difficult time. For those people appointed to act as Executors, the task they have ahead can also sometimes be complicated. In many estates one of the responsibilities of an Executor is to obtain the Grant of Probate from the Probate Registry. This is also [...]
In case you were not aware, the legal services provided in the UK are Great. But don’t just take our word for it; its official! A global drive to promote the UK’s £25 billion legal services sector at home and abroad has just been launched by the Lords justice spokesman Lord Keen at a reception [...]
Did you know that 40% of people in the UK die without making a Will – that's between 200,000 and 250,000 every year. The Law Society is currently consulting on modernising the law surrounding Wills. As part of this consultation they are asking: - what the main barriers people see to making a Will are; [...]
Congratulations to Hannah and Fiona who have both passed their final STEP exams making them eligible to join the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners as full members. They have both worked really hard to undertake their exams in their spare time and it is a great achievement, of which we are really proud. The [...]
Dealing with the death of a loved one can be an emotionally difficult time. For those people appointed to act as Executors, the task they have ahead can also sometimes be complicated. In many estates one of the responsibilities of an Executor is to obtain the Grant of Probate from the Probate Registry. This is [...]
