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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
Use Form COP1C to describe the decisions you need to make for someone about their will or codicil, gifts, deed of variation or settlements of property.
Submissions related to human medicines need to be submitted directly to the MHRA.
Provides guidance on cost recovery by the Planning Inspectorate and public authorities enabled by Regulation 2A and Regulation 12A of the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010.
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
How to challenge a probate application (‘enter a caveat’) if there’s a dispute about a will. What to do if your probate application is challenged.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British consulates in Armenia.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
Details of the process changes for established medicines, effective from 1 March 2024, which apply specifically to chemical products.
A consultation on storage and retention of wills and other documents submitted in applications for probate.
Ask HMRC to confirm that you, or if you’re an employer, your employee pays only UK National Insurance contributions whilst working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney
Approval of draft transfers and leases service to those involved in the registration of developing estates (practice guide 41, supplement 3).
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Documents, certificates, letters available at the British consulate in Peru.
The CMA has launched a new consumer enforcement investigation to protect consumers following complaints about providers offering will-writing, online divorce, and pre-paid probate services.
This guide sets out the DRAFT dataset specifications for the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) 2024 to 2025 national exercise and NFI council tax single person discount 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 exercises.
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