In certain circumstances, a specialist grant is required. Where required, we can assist you with obtaining the following:

• Bringing an action in the Supreme Court to determine the proper construction of a Will or testamentary document
• Grant of Probate of an ‘informal Will’. An informal Will is a document that the deceased person intended to be their Will. A handwritten note, email, computer file, video recording, voicemail, text message or anything on which there is writing or from which writing can be reproduced are examples of documents that may constitute an informal Will
• Grant of Probate of a copy Will or reconstructed Will (i.e. where the original Will is proved to be missing or destroyed)
• Grant of Probate in Solemn Form (usually required when there is a dispute about the Will being valid on the basis that there was suspicious circumstances at the time the Will was made)
• Letters of Administration ad colligenda bona (which means “collecting and preserving deceased's goods”. This type of grant is usually only used in emergency situations to appoint an Administrator to deal with property that is subject to waste or danger)
• Letters of Administration de bonis non (which means “of goods not administered”. This type of grant is usually only used when the sole Administrator cannot be located or dies during estate administration or in circumstances where an Executor dies breaking the chain of representation)
• Grant durante minore aetate (A type of grant used in circumstances where the Executor named in the Will is a minor)
• Letters of administration durante absentia (Used when the Executor is out of the State for more than 1 year from the date of death)
• Letters of Administration pendente lite (Used to enable the due administration of the estate during court proceedings)
• Letters of Administration ad litem (Used when the estate is required to be represented in court proceedings)
• Letters of Administration durante dementia (Used if the Executor cannot act due to mental incapacity)