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Planning for your future and helping you deal with losing a loved one.

Our Wills and Probate Team help you to plan for your future and make sense of the Administration of Estates and the Probate process.

The team has a unique combination of expertise which means that you can trust that your query will be dealt with professionally and thoroughly. All of our qualified Solicitors are members of the Solicitors for the Elderly, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and are therefore up to date with all related legislation and best practice.

If it is not practical for you to come into the office, we are happy to take instructions in your home.

The team are able to support you in:

  • Preparation of Wills
  • Obtaining Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration
  • Administering Estates and Trusts
  • Healthcare Assessments
  • Preparation of Estate and Trust Accounts
  • Inheritance Tax Planning
  • Public Guardianship Office Applications
  • Powers of Attorney (General and Lasting Powers of Attorney)
  • Care Home funding and help with moving into a Residential Home
  • Mental Capacity and elderly client issues

Give us a ring or email us and we can help you plan for your future and make sense of the Probate process.

Nockolds Related Practices

  • International Law

    International Law

    Our qualified professionals provide international services within the UK and overseas.

  • Contentious Probate

    Contentious Probate

    Out Team Specialises in Inheritance Disputes, Claims Against Executors & Disputing the Validity of a Will.

Team Contact Details:

01279 712 589

fax: 01279 260 047
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Peter King (Partner)

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Martin Taylor

Martin Taylor

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Clare Moreton

Clare Moreton

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Janette Wand

Janette Wand

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Kim McDermott

Kim McDermott

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Latest News

  • Malcolm Mills 1946-2011

    The partners and staff at Nockolds are very sorry to announce the death on 20th October of our friend and colleague Malcolm Mills.

  • Two bites of the cherry: claiming against a will and an estate

    This week saw a successful appeal in the case of Pinnock v Rochester which confirmed that a Claimant may make a claim for financial provision from an Estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975; and also launch a separate claim to challenge the validity of the Will.

  • Is it a gift? Don’t bet your house on it.

    The case of Leonard Taylor has been widely reported in the national press and it concerns a “gift” of £61,000 paid to him by cheque from his partner, Doris Luker, just a week before she died. Find out more about the implications of this case...

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