Practical guidance from Simon Jenkins, Director at Curtis Legal.
Missing beneficiaries can leave executors personally liable. Learn how statutory notices, tracing, insurance and Benjamin orders protect you.
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Read more →A probate caveat stops a grant being issued while a dispute is looked at. Curtis Legal explains when, how, and what happens if pushed back C
Read more →A deed of variation allows beneficiaries to redirect an inheritance after death. Curtis Legal explains the two-year rule and how tax read-back works.
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 →Simon Jenkins explains how to remove or replace an executor in England and Wales, from passing over and citation to section 50 court applications.
Read more →Cohabiting partners have no automatic inheritance rights in England and Wales. Simon Jenkins explains intestacy, IHT and the 1975 Act Contac
Read more →What to expect at your first meeting with a probate solicitor: what to bring, what we discuss and how costs are explained.
Read more →Can beneficiaries speed up probate? What you can do, your rights to information and when to take action against a slow executor.
Read more →How to transfer property after death: joint tenants, tenants in common, sole ownership and the Land Registry steps explained for 2026.
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