Probate

Sometimes it is not appreciated that monies due to a deceased before they die continue to remain assets after death. We come across this from…

We have looked at various property elements of probate practice over the past number of weeks and today is no different. It relates to assents…

Much is made of the vaulted power of sale of a per rep and this is contained in section 50 of the Succession Act, 1965….

Last week we looked at the issue of dealing with life interests. In that note, we reminded practitioners of the “new” provisions of the Land…

To obtain income tax clearance for a deceased one must use the new Revenue Clearance procedure, which involves completing a due diligence questionnaire. This was…

I recently spoke at one of the Solicitor Growth seminars. For those not familiar, Solicitor Growth is the solicitor support network established by Flor McCarthy…

We know now that there is no s. 117 claim in the case of intestacy. We looked last week at a narrow exception to this…

A s. 117 claim cannot arise in the case of intestacy. However there are some exceptions. In particular s. 67A(3), which provides that s. 117…

We had looked previously at how to calculate next of kin. We concluded that the rule could be dangerously summarised that where there are two…

We previously looked at some of the closer relationships when it comes to next of kin and intestacy. In this blog we are looking at…