Proposal for solicitor probate applications to go online
Four out of five professional applications for probate grants in June were submitted using the traditional paper-based system.
The online probate service forms part of the HMCTS reform programme, and was introduced originally following the necessary changes to the Non-Contentious Probate Rules which took effect from November 2017.
Solicitors are asked to respond to latest government proposals, changing non-contentious probate rules to make it mandatory for solicitors and other probate practitioners to use the online process. The Ministry of Justice has stated that it is ‘clear the process has to modernise.’ It is proposed that online probate applications would speed up processing times.
The Law Gazette report can be read at this link here.
The Ministry of Justice document on non-contentious probate matters is accessible here.