Wills & Probate

Will Drafting

GLP Solicitors have a specialist team in the drafting of wills, regardless of the value or complexity of your estate. We can provide expert and straightforward legal advice on the following:

• Making a will
• Inheritance tax issues
• Trusts
• Administering and estate matters
• Power of Attorney
• Protecting your assets
• Finding the beneficiaries of a will

Many people are put off from making a will because taking the first step can be daunting.  GLP have a beginning to end solution, making obtaining a will easier for you.

Contested Probate

Probate is a word often used to describe the legal and financial processes involved in dealing with the property, money and possessions (called the ‘estate’) of a person who has died.

A disagreement over the probate of a deceased person’s estate can take varied forms, whether it is executors failing to administer the estate properly, inheritance disputes, questioning the validity of a will or querying the value of the estate.

​Our team has specialist experience in dealing with all types of probate disputes. We act for beneficiaries, executors and trustees – including individuals, trust companies and other organisations such as charities.

​Contact us today for initial free advice.

Executor Disputes

Disputes can arise between executors or administrators as part of  the legal and financial processes involved in dealing with the property, money and possessions (called the ‘estate’) of a person who has died.  This can happen at any stage of an estate administration.

This can involve disputes over the value of assets, the suitability of executors, costs for which executors can charge and any other concern over an executor’s actions.

Action that may be needed could be to substitute or remove an executor, to issue and warn off caveats or for directions regarding the administration of an estate amongst other things.

We have significant experience in dealing with all manner of executor disputes. 

Contact us today for initial free advice.

Trust & Inheritance Disputes

A disagreement of a deceased person’s estate can take varied forms, whether it is executors failing to administer the estate properly, inheritance disputes, questioning the validity of a will or querying the value of the estate.

​Our team has specialist experience in dealing with all types of disputes, both in England and Wales and internationally. We act for beneficiaries, executors and trustees – including individuals, trust companies and other organisations such as charities.

​​Contact us today for initial free advice.

Inheritance Act Claims

If you have been cut out of an inheritance or are unhappy with your inheritance we can advise on your prospects of bringing a successful claim for a greater share of the estate.

There is a strict time limit of six months from the date of the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration to bring a claim, so we recommend you seek legal advice as soon as possible about whether there is any merit in bringing such a claim.

Certain categories of people can bring a claim against an estate where ‘reasonable financial provision’ has not been made for them either under a Will or intestacy. The categories of potential claimants include:

• a spouse or civil partner
• a former spouse or civil partner who has not remarried or entered into a new civil partnership
• a child of the deceased (including an adult child)
• anyone treated by the deceased as their child, such as a step child
• anyone who, for the two years immediately before the death of the deceased was living with the deceased as husband and wife
• or anyone who was financially dependent on the deceased immediately prior to the deceased’s death

A number of factors will be considered to determine whether ‘reasonable financial provision’ has been made and if not, what provision should be made.

​​Contact us today for initial free advice.

Will Disputes

You can generally contest a Will if you believe:

​it was not executed (signed) properly

it is a forgery

the person who made the Will was pressured by someone else to make or change a Will

the person who made the Will lacked the mental capacity to do so at the time

If the Will is found to be invalid then the previous valid Will would take effect, or if there isn’t one, the estate will be distributed in accordance with the intestacy rules.

​A disagreement of a deceased person’s estate can take varied forms, whether it is executors failing to administer the estate properly, inheritance disputes, questioning the validity of a will or querying the value of the estate.

​Our team has specialist experience in dealing with all types of disputes, both in England and Wales and internationally. We act for beneficiaries, executors and trustees – including individuals, trust companies and other organisations such as charities.

​​Contact us today for initial free advice.