Wills and Probate in UK Law

  • Court of Probate Act 1857
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Thursday January 01, 1857
    ... ... LXXVII ... [25th August 1857] ... 'WHEREAS it is expedient that all Jurisdiction in relation to the Grant and Revocation of Probates, of Wills and Letters of Administration in England ... should be exercised, in the Name of Her ... Majesty, by One Court:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most ... ...
  • The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2018
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Monday January 01, 2018
    ... ... Amendments to the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987: marking of willsAmendments to the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987: marking of wills ... 10.—(1) Rule 10 (marking of wills) is amended as follows ... (2) For the heading, substitute “Exhibition of wills” ... (3) Omit paragraph ... ...
  • Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Thursday January 01, 1987
    ... ... F51 10: Exhibition of wills ... (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, every will in respect ... ...
  • Administration of Justice Act 1985
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Tuesday January 01, 1985
    ... ... F6 7: Preparation of papers for probate etc by unqualified persons ... the court is invited to pronounce for the validity of one or more wills, or against the validity of one or more wills, or for the validity of one ... ...
  • Stamp Act 1815
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Sunday January 01, 1815
    ... ... 37: Penalty for not proving Wills, or taking Letters of Administration, within a given time, 100l and 10 per ... estate and effects of any person deceased, without obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate and effects of the ... ...
  • Public Trustee Act 1906
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Monday January 01, 1906
    ... ... 6: Power as to granting probate ... (1) ... , the public trustee is authorised to accept by that name probates of wills or letters of administration, the court having jurisdiction to grant ... ...
  • Administration of Justice Act 1982
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Friday January 01, 1982
  • Intestates' Estates Act 1952
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Tuesday January 01, 1952
    ... ... —(a) in consequence of the representation first taken out being probate of a will subsequently revoked on the ground that the will was invalid, ... of this Act, but not in relation to instruments inter vivos made or wills coming into operation earlier, be construed as including references to ... ...
  • The Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Wednesday January 01, 2020
    ... ... — (a) any grant of probate made; or (b) ... ...
  • The Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order 2022
    • UK Non-devolved
    • Saturday January 01, 2022
    ... ... (2) For article 3 substitute— ... 3. Nothing in this Order affects— ... (a) any grant of probate made; or ... (b) anything done pursuant to a grant of probate, ... prior to this Order coming into force.David Wolfson ... Parliamentary Under ... ...
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