"Your professionalism and rapid responses to my phone calls and letter plus your calm approach were particulalry important in what has been a difficult time."Institute of Professional Willwritters

Settling estates and Probate applications

When someone dies, their money, property and possessions, "their estate", has to be distributed in line with their Will. It's usually necessary for the relatives to apply for the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration to allow them to do this. It can be an overwhelming responsibility if you're coping with the death of someone you love. So the PWS can take it off your hands. We can:

  • contact everyone who needs to know about the death
  • apply for Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration
  • liaise with the Probate Office and Inland Revenue
  • deal with banks, building societies, pension companies, insurers, share registrars, etc
  • fully wind up the estate for you.

Arranging a meeting

If possible we like to meet you face to face. We hope it will reassure you to meet us in person and it gives us the chance to gather all the information we need. We treat all information with complete confidentiality.

Coming to us

You can arrange to come to our office in London. Give us a call or drop us an email and we will set up an appointment for you.

Home visits

If you'd feel more comfortable talking to us at your home, or your place of work, we'll be happy to visit you there.

If you live outside London

We can still help you wind up an estate. Give us a call and we’ll explain the procedure to you.

If you live overseas

If you are dealing with the estate of a UK resident and you live overseas, we can normally handle everything for you so you don't need to travel to the UK. We can act as the administrator or executor and give you regular progress reports. Please call or email us to find out more about how we can help you.

Our fees

Every estate is different. So once we've discussed the details with you, we’ll give you a cost for the work you would like us to do. If you'd like to talk about our fees, please do get in touch with us.

Living overseas?

We are specialists in winding up UK estates for relatives who live out of the country. If you have lost a family member in the UK, find out more about our probate services for those living overseas.

Get in touch with us

For help with probate, making a will or a Lasting Power of Attorney
call us on: 0800 731 1219

or: +44 (0) 20 8567 3555

or email us at: info@thepws.co.uk

How we can help

We can:

  • apply for Probate for you
  • complete all the forms for you
  • fully wind up estates
  • visit you at home
  • draft your Will
  • act as your executor or administrator
  • draw up Lasting Powers of Attorney