A will made in Croydon often has to work in two countries. Families with a house in Croydon and land in Ghana, Jamaica, Sri Lanka or Pakistan need to know whether one will can cover both, whether the other country will respect it, and whether local rules on who must inherit will override what the English document says. Muslim clients may want a will that follows Islamic inheritance shares while remaining valid under English law, which is entirely possible but has to be drafted with care. Will solicitors in Croydon deal with these questions far more often than their colleagues in Surrey.
The rest of the borough's work is familiar from anywhere. In Purley, Coulsdon, Sanderstead and Selsdon, houses bought decades ago have carried estates over the inheritance tax threshold, and the planning is about the spouse exemption, the allowance for a home passed to children, gifts made in good time and the occasional trust. In the north of the borough and in New Addington, the estate may be a former council house and a modest pension, but the disputes are just as bitter when there is no will, and the intestacy rules still give an unmarried partner nothing.
Lasting powers of attorney matter for everyone: one for property and money, one for health and care, made while the person has capacity. After a death the same firms obtain probate, deal with HMRC, and handle the sale of the house and the distribution, including to beneficiaries abroad, where identity checks and currency transfers add complications.
Wills and lasting powers of attorney are usually fixed-fee; probate is charged at a fixed fee, hourly or as a percentage, and an estate with foreign assets costs more to administer.
Will solicitors near Croydon are listed below, verified firms first. Read wills, trusts and probate explained, what a will costs, what probate costs and lasting powers of attorney explained, or the general will solicitors page.
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