Archive for March 2021

Help with the fair deal scheme

Life’s not fair. You know that. You are a solicitor! You’re supposed to be creaming it and working 10 – 4! However, the debate is raging on about whether the fair deal is really fair. I don’t normally use this channel to promote third party suppliers (not out of any reason in particular – its…

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The Legal Right Share and Foreign Testators

They say that competition is good and a bit of healthy conflict never did any harm. On the other hand . .having to deal with conflict of laws, on top of a lockdown . . . now that is tough!! The reason for my rant is because I am acting for Patrick who lives in…

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Step Children and Legal Right Share

Just a quick note. I am acting for Seamus. A man in his mid 50s with no children and not previously married. Seamus is soon to marry his partner Margaret, who is now divorced and has three adult children. Margaret’s legal right share in the event that Seamus makes a will is one half and…

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New Probate Forms and Fees from 1 March 2021

Like it says on the tin, this is a short blog to give you word versions of the probate forms and access to the fees order. Word versions of the three main forms are attached here. That is Oath of Executor, Oath of Administrator with Bond and Oath of Administrator with Will Annexed. I have…

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