Probate

Michelmores offers guidance for family and friends through the difficult and distressing time of personal bereavement.

Our experience and professional approach provides clear and firm advice at a time when it is needed most.

• Administration of estates
• Collecting the assets of the estate
• Settling liabilities
• Distributing assets according to the terms of a will or according to the statutory rules that apply when there is no will
• Advising Executors about powers and responsibilities
• Guidance through disputes over the settlement of wills or in the case of intestacy
• Advice where claims are made against a deceased's will, where there are disputes between beneficiaries or trustees or over the competence of the other professional advisers
• Post death tax planning and Deeds of Variation to mitigate tax liabilities

Contested wills, trusts and estates

If you are unhappy about the terms of a will or the provisions of an estate - for example, if you believe you have been unfairly excluded or left without reasonable financial provision - there are steps you can take.

The Michelmores Contested Wills, Trusts and Estates Team has an excellent reputation for settling complex issues connected with probate, wills and trusts. See our contested wills, trusts and estates pages for further information.