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• Updated: 6 July 2019

If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...

• Overview

  As a personal representative (an executor or administrator) you’re legally…

• Settling debts and taxes

  You must pay any debts and settle the taxes for the person who died. This…

• Managing and selling assets

  You may have to pay taxes for the estate if there is any new income while…

• Reporting an estate’s income to HMRC

  You may need to send information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about…

• Distributing the estate

  Once you have paid any debts and taxes, or you are sure the estate has…

Details of the Ministry of Justice’s review of criminal legal aid, announced in December 2018.

• Updated: 19 November 2020

• Updated: 1 January 2004

Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights

Government lawyers provide legal advice to the government and represent it in court proceedings GLP is part of the Civil Service .

• Updated: 4 April 2022

Government lawyers provide legal advice to the government and represent it in court proceedings

• Updated: 14 February 2022

• Updated: 29 July 2024

We are the government’s principal legal advisers. Our core purpose is to help the government to govern well, within the rule of law. GLD is a non-ministerial department.

• Updated: 1 November 2023

A suite of template legal documents to support the development of mutuals.

• Updated: 14 August 2019