This service may fit if
- The estate is uncontested and all assets are in the UK
- You can provide complete date-of-death values and the estate is treated as an excepted estate
- You will administer the estate after the grant is issued
Solicitor-handled application
Prepare the estate. Fifty Six Law handles the grant application.
Use the guided Estate workspace to gather the will, people, asset, debt and tax information. Fifty Six Law checks the agreed application, prepares it and submits it to the Probate Registry.
Secure workspace Clear record of the work Legal service by Fifty Six Law
What is included
- The GetWill Estate workspace
- Conflict, identity and authority checks
- Review of the will and application route, where there is a will
- Preparation and submission of the probate application
- The inheritance-tax information needed for an excepted estate
- Replies to routine Probate Registry questions about the application
A guided route from first details to completion
How it works
- 1
Complete the estate record
At your own pace
- 2
Checks and application preparation
Usually within 10 working days of receiving complete information and documents
- 3
Probate Registry
Often 2–8 weeks after submission; stopped applications take longer
A fuller tax account may be needed
Grant application with IHT400
For an uncontested UK estate that needs a full inheritance-tax account before the grant application can be submitted.
£1,750
including £291.67 VAT
What is outside this service
- Finding or valuing assets and debts for you
- A full IHT400 account or specialist tax advice
- Collecting assets, paying debts, estate accounts or distributions
- Court fees, copies, notices, searches, valuations or other third-party charges
- Disputes, foreign assets, missing beneficiaries or other work outside the agreed scope
Fifty Six Law provides the legal service after conflict and identity checks and a separate service agreement. GetWill is the technology platform provided by Ailex Ltd.