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Developments on the new probate application process for practitioners

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Published on: 08 July 2020
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  • What do the FAQs cover?
  • Where are we with the new forms to apply for probate etc?

Article summary

Private Client analysis: John Bunker, consultant solicitor and chartered tax adviser and Thomas Pape, associate, at Irwin Mitchell, update their earlier note of 22 April 2020 with information contained in a valuable new set of FAQs issued by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Probate and some other developments on both the new probate postal and online application processes for practitioners.

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