Administration of estates
We provide a supportive professional service for those who have to wind up the Estate. Often these are also the people who are bereaved, it is a time of grief and it can also be a stressful time, and we provide you with expert advice and assistance sensitively. Whilst dealing with the legal formalities complex issues can arise during the administration of an estate.
Our experienced team can advise on the following:
- What needs to be done urgently
- Whether a grant is required
- Whether inheritance tax will be payable
- Explain the intestacy rules if there is no will
- How to deal with joint assets
- How to deal with the estate
- What to do when somebody want to challenge the will

Offices in Suffolk
Goodwin Cowley Solicitors
3 Regent Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1PA
Telephone: 01502 532 700
Fax: 01502 532 719
Goodwin Cowley Solicitors
20 New Market
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9HB
Telephone: 01502 712 999
Fax: 01502 532 719