Creating a will is an essential step in estate planning, but many people wonder about its impact on the probate process. A ...

The Ministry of Justice’s Court and Tribunals Service has slashed the average wait times for probate to just over four weeks in December 2024. At the end of 2023, this was around 12 weeks and ...

Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Probate is a term that often sends shivers down the spine of those unfamiliar with its intricacies. It's a process that conjures images of ...

In addition to mitigating confusion and hardship for your loved ones, it also limits the court’s control over your assets in probate. Probate is the legal process for reviewing, managing and ...