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Grants of Probate
Application for grants of probate where the deceased left a will, including testamentary capacity work where the will is challenged.
Disputes & Resolution
Probate & Administration
Estate administration, contested succession, wills, and the documentation that protects what a family has built.
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- Acting for
- Families · Executors · Administrators
- Coverage
- Litigated & non-litigated
- Linked practice
- Land law
Overview
How we approach probate & administration.
Probate and administration is a practice the firm has built a wide reputation in. The work sits naturally close to land law, since the most consequential estates in this region are property estates, and the matters frequently touch both disciplines at once.
We handle the spectrum — highly contested estate-management litigation; quiet, non-litigious probate and administration; and the upstream work of drafting wills and testamentary dispositions before the matter ever becomes contested.
Services
What we cover in probate & administration.
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Letters of Administration
Grants of letters of administration in intestate estates, including ad colligenda bona for urgent preservation of estate property.
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Contested Succession
Objections to grants, citation proceedings, and contested succession matters where estate beneficiaries are in disagreement.
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Estate Administration
Management of the estate through to distribution, including dealing with estate creditors, debts, and tax liabilities.
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Wills & Testamentary Dispositions
Drafting of wills and testamentary dispositions — including the supporting structures (trusts, codicils, family arrangements) where the estate requires them.
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Succession-Linked Land Matters
Joint conduct of estate matters that turn on land — succession-linked transfers, ancestral land claims, and inter-generational property disputes.
Approach
The way we run a probate & administration matter.
A four-step discipline applied to every brief, so the work is senior-led at the points where senior judgement matters, and moves predictably between them.
Brief & Estate Mapping
Family, assets, debts, and any prior testamentary documents reviewed. Conflicts and risks are surfaced in writing before proceedings.
Petition or Drafting
Petition for grant filed where required, or upstream documents (wills, codicils, family arrangements) drafted for execution.
Grant & Confirmation
Grant obtained, gazetted, and (where required) confirmed for distribution. Objections and contested issues addressed at hearing.
Distribution & Closure
Estate assets vested in beneficiaries, debts paid, transfers registered, and the matter closed with proper records.
FAQs
Questions clients ask about probate & administration.
The ones we hear most often. For anything specific to your matter, a short call is usually the fastest way to an answer.
All firm FAQs →An uncontested grant typically takes 6–12 months from petition to confirmation, depending on the registry and the size of the estate. Contested matters take longer; we give a realistic timeline at the first call.
Yes. We draft wills and testamentary dispositions, and we advise on the supporting arrangements — trusts, family settlements, beneficiary structures — that turn a will from a document into a working plan for the family.
We act in contested estate matters routinely — objections to grant, citations, and full-scale contested succession at the High Court. Senior counsel is involved at every material hearing.
Many of the most consequential estates here are land estates. The firm's combined depth in land law and in probate means matters that touch both — most of them — are handled by one team rather than handed off between specialists.
Related Practice Areas
Adjacent counsel from the firm.
Probate & Administration Counsel
Speak with a partner about your probate & administration matter.
We will tell you, plainly, whether we are the right firm, and how we would propose to handle it. The first call is confidential and at no charge.