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Certainty Will Search prevents incorrect intestacy
Wednesday, 28 October 2020A Certainty Will Search can change how an estate is distributed by locating a Will that has been forgotten about, lost or was previously unknown. The below case study demonstrates how a Certainty Will Search can prevent incorrect estate distribution.
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Why you should conduct a Certainty Will Search when acting as a Professional Executor
Tuesday, 20 October 2020Woolliscrofts Solicitors are a firm who have been serving individuals, families and businesses throughout Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and the wider community of Staffordshire and Cheshire for over a century. The firm incorporate Certainty Will Search as part of their process when distributing an estate.
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Due diligence results in probate work being won
Wednesday, 14 October 2020As a solicitor or Will writing professional, you need to demonstrate due diligence when distributing an estate to ensure that no later Wills that the deceased may have written exist and therefore present a risk of coming to light in the future.
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They are using the wrong Will to distribute the estate which cuts me out
Wednesday, 30 September 2020In an increasingly litigious society Will disputes are relatively common. At the core of these disputes often lie entrenched disagreements between family members, which can give rise to suspicion over the handling of a loved one’s affairs prior to their death.
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Certainty Will Search helps to obtain evidence in a validity of a Will dispute
Friday, 25 September 2020There is a great weight of evidence from Contentious Probate specialists that a Certainty Will Search can and does change the outcome of potential and existing dispute claims.
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Understanding Mental Capacity and Protecting Vulnerable Clients
Friday, 4 September 2020The role of a Court of Protection firm is to support vulnerable people; particularly those with a mental incapacity, their families and their advisers.
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Due diligence leads to correct beneficiaries inheriting from an estate
Friday, 4 September 2020When Estate Research were approached by a solicitor firm who believed that the deceased had died intestate and needed their help in locating the beneficiaries of an estate, Dominic Hendry, Head of Private Client at Estate Research recommended that a Certainty Will Search should be conducted first to confirm that there was no Will that the Deceased had written
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The signs of Contentious Probate and why a specialist is needed
Friday, 21 August 2020Contentious Probate can be defined as a dispute arising out of someone’s estate after they have passed away. There has in recent years been a considerable build-up of wealth for a large section of the population. A higher proportion of people are now in a position to leave valuable assets to others upon their death.
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Certainty Will Search Wins Probate Work
Friday, 14 August 2020Lawson West Solicitors are a firm who have been providing legal advice to the people of Leicestershire and beyond for over 40 years, they have been members of Certainty the National Will Register since 2016.
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Certainty Will Search – Providing confidence during Contentious Probate claims
Friday, 7 August 2020When James McMullan, Partner at RIAA Barker Gillette, and listed specialist in the Certainty Contentious Probate Hub & Area, was dealing with a Contentious Probate claim, one of the first steps that he suggested that they should take was to conduct a Certainty Will Search.
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