Advice from Our Multi Award Winning Probate Solicitors

Will Writing Solicitors Newcastle and Sunderland

There is a reason that we have won Law Firm of The Year at the National Law Society Excellence Awards. Our specialist team of Probate Lawyers are highly trained and very efficient.

We know how to move your case along quickly, relieving you and your family of much stress.

You may struggle to know where to start with the process of obtaining a Grant of Probate. Losing a family member may well leave you in a state of shock. Even as a Probate Lawyer with thirty years of experience I found it too difficult emotionally to deal with the estate of a close relative. I had managed hundreds of Estates on behalf of clients, but I just couldn’t move forward.

Obtaining and dealing with paperwork is very time-consuming. It’s not just about dealing with utility bills but also with banks, building societies, welfare benefits, shares, pensions, income tax affairs and inheritance tax. We have set procedures in place to deal with all of these issues.

We know how to maximise the money available for beneficiaries.

For example, we recover overpaid utility bills, check back through bank statements to check for payment of house insurance to more than one company, recover prepayments on various contracts. Often we are able to recover thousands of pounds back that is owed to an estate. Did you know, for example, that if a person has lost mental capacity then they do not need to pay council tax?

We often recover more money for an estate than it costs in our fees.

We are specialists in preparing probate houses for sale. Once we have sold everything we can our Clear and Clean team will take over. They are quite an amazing team and can work very quickly. For example, on one day six of the team worked for eight hours to empty a house of 220 bags of rubbish. Forty eight hours of manpower in one day! They then cleaned the house from top to bottom and it was sale ready that week.

Why not see how our Probate Solicitors based in Newcastle and Sunderland can help you. We offer an initial appointment so that we can explain how we can add value to an estate.

Will Writing Solicitors Newcastle:  0191 284 6989

Will Writing Solicitors Sunderland: 0191 567 6667

Email us: enquiries@emmersons-solicitors.co.uk

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