Practical guidance from Simon Jenkins, Director at Curtis Legal.
When debts exceed assets, executors must follow a strict statutory order of payment. A plain English guide to insolvent estates from Curtis Legal.
Read more →Digital assets from crypto to PayPal and social media form part of almost every modern estate. Our probate team explains how executors handle them.
Read more →What happens to a mortgage when someone dies? Joint mortgages, sole mortgages, life insurance and equity release explained for executors.
Read more →Dealing with debts in a deceased estate: the statutory order, executor liability, statutory notices and how to protect yourself.
Read more →Joint bank accounts after death usually pass to the survivor without probate, but the IHT rules are different. Here is what executors need to know.
Read more →Selling a house during probate? Learn the executor’s duties, insurance pitfalls, IHT valuation rules and how to time the sale correctly.
Read more →Selling an inherited property in the UK — full guide covering probate timing, capital gains tax, valuation, and the practical steps from death to completion.
Read more →Cohabiting partners have no automatic right to inherit under English intestacy law. Find out who inherits instead, how the Inheritance Act 1975 may help, and how to protect your partner.
Read more →Starling Bank releases funds within two working days for estates under £50,000 — the fastest in the UK. Our guide covers the deceased Starling bank account process, Settld notification, and when probate is required.
Read more →Everything executors need to know about a deceased Monzo bank account: the three-tier probate threshold, how to notify Monzo without the deceased’s phone, and when probate is required.
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