Contentious Probate – Challenging or Contesting a Will or Trust, and Claims Against Estates

Contested Wills, Trusts, Probate and Estate Claims (Overview)

Contentious Probate - Challenging a Will, claims against an Estate, disputes over the administration of a Trust (disputes between executors). Unfairly Left out of a Will? Disinherited? Was a Will unduly influenced? Did the person have mental capacity?

Contentious Probate: Contesting a Will – Failing To Provide

When someone dies their Will (or lack of a Will) may result in a failure to make reasonable provision for those left behind who were financially dependant upon them before they died...here's what you can do.

Contentious Probate: Challenging or Contesting the validity of a Will

Contentious Probate: Disputes about existing Wills, or the fact that no Will has been made, can make things harder than necessary. Your questions answered in our easy to follow guide.

Contesting A Will or Trust – No Win No Fee (“CFAs”) and Alternatives

Contesting A Will & Contentious Probate: Funding Your Claim (or defending one). No Win No Fee, Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) and alternatives - fixed fees and Deferred Payments.

Intestacy: When Someone Dies Without A Will

If someone dies without having made a Will they are said to die “intestate.” In those cases the Government sets out in law the people entitled to the intestate estate – the person’s property, possessions and money.

Trusts Disputes

Trusts can exist on their own or within the terms of a Will and may be in force for many years - when things go wrong expert help is essential.

Rectification of a Will

If a genuine mistake has been made when a Will was written it can be possible to correct it. If a Will does not reflect the true wishes of the testator then it may also be possible to bring a claim for rectification and/or professional negligence against the solicitor who drafted it.

Caveats

A Caveat (used properly) is a useful tool to allow additional enquiries to be made if it seems likely that there are grounds to contest a Will.

Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act Applications

Someone is reported missing in the UK every 90 seconds and each year 1 in 500 adults goes missing.  Whilst many of these missing people are found, for some families their loved one just cannot be tracked down.

Declarations of Presumed Death

When someone has been missing for a long time it may be necessary to have them declared deceased. Applications for a declaration of presumed death are rare - our expert team is one of few in the country with experience in this area. Also covering Claudia's Law.

Contesting A Will, Trust, Probate Or Inheritance: Jargon Buster

The legal jargon surrounding Wills, Trusts, Probate and inheritance can be off-putting. Our comprehensive, easy to use jargon buster gives you the basic information you need to get you started.