Key Contact
Job Title: Associate
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282342
Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282343
Job Title: Legal Secretary
Location: Congleton
Phone: 01260 282341
We act as executors for clients who have no close family and will liaise with funeral directors to arrange the funeral and arrange for the wishes of the deceased to be carried out after their death.
We are flexible in our working hours to make the process of signing papers and discussing estate administration easier for clients who may need to travel a distance.
We have re-homed a number of pets for people who have died – we appreciate they are also a key member of your family and need looking after.
A Grant of Probate is a court order which gives authority to the executors to deal with a deceased’s estate. If there was no valid will, the order is know as a Grant of Letters of Administration and is issued...
There are a number of steps to take immediately after a death, including registering the death and contacting the executors if the deceased made a will. See the attached Probate Checklist for more information on the estate administration process and...
There are a number of steps to be taken in dealing with an estate and each estate can vary widely depending on the nature of the assets, the value of the estate, how quickly institutions respond to queries and also...
The current threshold (nil rate band) for when an estate pays inheritance tax is £325,000 and anything over and above that will be taxed at 40%. However, since the Finance Act 2008, a married couple will be able to combine...
