Wills & Probate
At Robinson’s Solicitors our Wills and Probate
department ensures a professional and caring service under
what are often difficult circumstances. The department
offers a high level of knowledge and experience in both
Wills and probate work. The Wills and Probate services we
offer include:
- The writing of wills
- Administration of estates (the probate)
- Trusts including life time financial planning
- Care of the elderly
- Conveyancing – where property is part of an estate
- Specialist inheritance and capital gains tax advice
Do you have a will?
We hear of many reasons why our clients have not made a
Will earlier than they did. Nearly two in every three
people who die in Britain do so with out a Will. The
importance of a Will can not be over estimated.
Why is it important to have a
will?
It is important because:
- Writing a Will is neither costly nor a time
consuming process – in fact a Will could save you
money in the long run
- A Will ensures that your property and assets are
left and distributed in direct accordance with your
wishes. If you do not have a Will your property and
assets may be left to some one you do not want to
have them or to the Crown
- A Will could prevent your loved ones from
falling out or being saddled with a large
Inheritance Tax Bill
- A Will can appoint a guardian to look after your
children – a Will provides peace of mind that your
loved ones will be cared for by the people you would
want
- A Will can make provision for children from a
previous partnership to ensure they receive what
they are entitled to
- A Will can make provision for handicapped or
elderly relatives
- If you are not married or in a civil
partnership, without a Will, your long term partner
will not benefit from your estate
Robinson’s Solicitors are able to give you peace
of mind that by drafting your Will your property and
assets will be looked after in the way you wish.
Robinson’s have a specialist solicitor who can deal
with a whole range of cost effective services for
people looking to protect their estates. We can help
you with: Wills
- Simple Wills
- Nursing Home Protection Wills
- Child Protection Wills (for people with
children from previous relationships)
- Tax Efficient Wills
Property Arrangements
- Changing Joint Tenancy into Tenancy in
Common
- Shared Ownership Trusts
- Deed of Gifts
- Asset Protection Trusts
What is probate?
“Probate” is the term used by the legal
professional to describe the process of
administering a deceased person’s Estate in
accordance with their wishes (if they left a
Will) or by the set of compulsory rules
known as the intestacy rules (if they left
no Will). The term “probate” can also be
used to describe the process of obtaining
probate or the Grant of
Probate/Representation. The Grant is the
legal document that is issued by the Probate
Registry when a person dies to the Executors
(if there is a Will) or to the
Administrators (if there is no Will). The
Grant enables asset holders to close
accounts and release monies held by the
deceased to the Estate.
Executors/Administrators will not be able to
arrange the release of assets or indeed
Completing the sale of any property held by
the deceased until the Grant has been
obtained. The type of Grant applied for
will depend on whether the deceased left a
Will or not. A “Grant of Probate” is
obtained when the deceased left a Will and
the “Grant of Letters of Administration” is
applied for when the deceased did not make a
Will.
The procedure for obtaining the Grant is
a complicated. Robinson’s Solicitors can
assist in obtaining the Grant.
Have you been
appointed as executor?
It may be that you are a named executor in
the will of a family member or friend and
your other commitments are such that you are
unable or unwilling to act as executor, this
happens a lot and you shouldn't feel that
you are letting down the deceased. In fact,
by realising you can't assist and finding
professional help you are actually doing the
deceased a favour by making sure that their
estate is maximised and distributed
according to their wishes and as quickly as
possible. We can help relieve you of the
burden of being an executor and deal with
all the requirements and obligations of an
executor on your behalf, this will involve
obtaining the grant of probate, determining
the location of and the gathering in all the
deceased's assets and making sure that they
are distributed in an expedient and
tax-saving way.
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