UK law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has welcomed the Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2020 (NCPAR 2020), laid before Parliament.
From 2 November 2020, probate practitioners will be required to make most grant applications online, via the HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) online service.
The online application process has been open to legal practitioners on a voluntary basis since October 2019. The firm’s probate team, one of the largest in the South East of England, has been an early adopter of this new offering and has found that the online service helps make the probate process more streaml...