Wills, Probate & Later Life

Bereavement, Funerals and Estates

A man in his fifties sitting at a kitchen table in a petrol blue kitchen, a mug beside him, looking down in thought

Wills, Probate & Later LifeEngland and Wales

You have been named executor: what the job actually involves

Being an executor is an unpaid legal responsibility with personal liability attached. Here is the work, in the order it has to be done.

Law In Life · 3 September 2026

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Wills, Probate & Later LifeEngland and Wales

The first three weeks: what has to be done after someone dies

Registering a death, arranging a funeral and telling the right organisations, in the order they actually need doing — and where help with the cost exists.

Law In Life · 3 September 2026