Best practice for many ICAEW-registered probate firms includes publishing details of the deceased’s estate in The Gazette and/or local newspapers. Continuing on the work started last year, it is inviting ICAEW-accredited probate firms to help test its website and services to ensure it meets the needs of probate practitioners. It welcomes feedback on the look, feel and functionality, which in turn will inform further improvements.
To take part, interested parties can sign up to The Gazette’s Research Group, where participants will be selected and invited to other research projects in the future.
User-experience (UX) testing sessions are expected to last between 30–60 minutes, with incentives in place to compensate participants for their time, while other research projects may consist of shorter surveys. You can choose which ones you would like to take part in and can leave the group at any time.
If interested, please visit The Gazette’s registration portal.
Placing statutory advertisements
If your firm needs to notify potential creditors, beneficiaries to estates and other claimants about a deceased’s estate, and you would like to use The Gazette to place a notification of someone’s death, further information can be found on its website.
For more information on placing a notice, contact The Gazette for its free client leaflet.
