'We have the expertise and understanding of the system': Probate delays

A story published in the Times recently stated some probate applications across the UK were taking up to a year to process and the delays were 'punishing' grieving families.

Ashlie Cox, Solicitor, Private Client, said: "We do agree that the probate system has suffered severe delays in applications being processed - certainly since Covid and working from home measures were introduced.

”By instructing our team at Cozens-Hardy, we have the expertise and understanding of the system and will help ensure applications can be processed as smoothly as possible, taking away the worry from grieving families.

"We hope the system does improve with the Probate's new reduced opening times for telephone lines (to enable their teams to focus on the application backlog) and increase of staff as we do understand the strains and worries this can place on families and loved ones at such a difficult time.

“We also have experience of expediting applications where necessary and have recently found that some applications have been processed and returned within 5-6 weeks of our submission.”

If you need help or advice with a probate application, please contact Ashlie Cox in our Private Client department on 01603 625231 or email ancox@cozens-hardy.com