Estate Planning and Administration

Probate is the process that transfers legal title of property from the estate of the person who has died to their proper beneficiaries (which includes spouses, children, dependants or persons the deceased intended the property to vest to). The firm has highly experienced and motivated Advocates who assist clients in the administration of the estate of a deceased person. The services offered include

• Drafting of wills;
• Petitions for letters of administration;
• Petitions for grant of probate, confirmation of grants;
• Application for limited grants (grant ad colligenda bona, grant ad litem, grant pendente lite, grant de bonis non administrates, cessate grant, grant durante aetate inore, grant durante absentia);
• Foreign grants;
• Collection of estate, distribution and management of the estate and tax planning

We also offer legal advisory services on the setting up of various types of trusts including but not limited to:
• Family trusts;
• Blind trusts;
• Revocable and irrevocable trusts;
• Living trusts;
• Charitable trusts and discretionary trusts;