Human Law

SRA Regulated Firm #657838

Estate Deadlock Suitability Scan

Answer five short questions to help us understand your role, the stage of the administration and the principal issue preventing progress. Your answers will be reviewed by Justin Patten, Solicitor, to indicate whether the matter appears suitable for a Human Law Stage 01 Factual Audit or requires a different form of legal support.

No documents are required at this stage. The scan provides a preliminary suitability response and is not legal advice.

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Select Your Role: Choose your capacity below to open the five relevant suitability questions.

Track: Executor or Administrator

1. What is your legal role in the estate?

Track: Executor or Administrator

2. Has a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration been issued?

Track: Executor or Administrator

3. What is primarily preventing progress?

Track: Executor or Administrator

4. Has any formal procedural step already been taken?

Track: Executor or Administrator

5. What is the approximate gross value of the estate? Estate value helps us assess proportionality and whether a fixed-fee pathway may be suitable. It does not determine the legal route.

Track: Professional Adviser

1. What is your professional role?

Track: Professional Adviser

2. Has a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration been issued?

Track: Professional Adviser

3. What is primarily preventing progress?

Track: Professional Adviser

4. What is the current procedural position?

Track: Professional Adviser

5. What is the approximate gross value of the estate? Estate value is requested to assist with proportionality and service suitability. It does not determine the legal route.

Request Your Preliminary Suitability Response

Thank you. Your answers provide an initial outline of the administration and the apparent blockage. They do not establish that any particular procedure—such as a warning, citation, application for accounts or removal—is appropriate.

Justin Patten, Solicitor, will review the information supplied and indicate whether the matter appears suitable for a Human Law Stage 01 Factual Audit, requires further preliminary information, or should be referred for another form of legal advice.

Procedural Notice: As formal proceedings may already be underway, the matter may require a solicitor able to conduct litigation and act on the court record. We will consider this when reviewing suitability.

We ordinarily provide a preliminary suitability response within two working days. This response is not a substitute for the Stage 01 Factual Audit and does not contain case-specific legal advice.

Is another party represented by a solicitor?

Is there an immediate deadline?

Brief Summary of the Situation (Optional)

Full Name

Email Address

I understand that this scan provides a preliminary indication of service suitability only. Submission does not create a solicitor-client retainer or provide legal advice. Information supplied will be handled in accordance with Human Law’s Privacy Notice.

SCAN RECEIVED

Thank you—your scan has been received

We will review the information supplied and ordinarily respond within two working days. We may indicate that:

the matter appears suitable for a Stage 01 Factual Audit;
further preliminary information is required; or
another form of legal representation is likely to be more appropriate.

No solicitor-client retainer is created unless and until Human Law accepts a formal instruction and confirms the agreed scope in writing.

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Regulatory Notice: Human Law is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 657838). Direct intake email: advice@human-law.co.uk.