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Find out what form and evidence may be required to obtain a grant in a complex estate and / or the procedure to follow.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Directory of probate registries and appointment venues. This was previously called PA4.
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
This list covers a large amount of Chancery work which is separate from the Business List. It includes the following types of work: Property landlord and tenant residential landlord and tenant commercial trespass/squatters mortgages land registry land – including title,...
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Apply for probate or confirmation if there's Inheritance Tax to pay, or if the deceased's estate does not qualify as an 'excepted estate'.
Make a court claim to challenge a probate decision.
Use this guidance if you are a solicitor, professional, local authority or their representative to apply for a property and financial affairs deputyship order
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Consultation on online probate applications by professionals.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Mark Baldwin on 28 July 2023
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