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Private client · Probate fee-earner, executor, private client paralegal

Build an estate administration schedule with its deadlines

An estate with a farm, two rental properties and shares in a family company has three executors who live in different countries. The run turns the paperwork into a dated schedule so everyone can see what is due and when.

First draft
A dated schedule of assets, liabilities and deadlines comes back from one run at the start of the administration.

The problem

Estate administration fails on sequencing rather than on law. The tax account has its own deadline that does not wait for a valuation, the statutory notice period has to run before distribution is safe, and an executor abroad can hold up a signature for weeks. None of that is visible in a folder of correspondence.
  1. Step 01 of 05

    Open the estate matter

    The date of death and the date of the grant application go on the matter as key dates, with all three executors recorded.

    Matters · Project Halcyon · SPA warranties and disclosureOpen

    Project Halcyon: SPA warranties and disclosure

    Buy-side warranty review, disclosure analysis and cited due-diligence grid.

    Client
    Halcyon Bidco Ltd
    Reference
    WC-2026-0412
    Practice area
    Corporate / M&A
    Jurisdiction
    England and Wales
    Responsible partner
    E. Vance
    No conflict check on file.

    Chat, on this matter

    Compare warranties with the disclosure letter.

    Three high-priority exceptions require action: the unregistered charge, the change-of-control right and the tribunal claim.

    Send a message… (@ to mention tools)BalancedPrepare for
    1. 25 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Chat

    2. 21 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Run · completed · 560 credits

    3. 18 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Disclosure Letter

      Document · indexed

    4. 16 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Share Purchase Agreement

      Document · indexed

    5. 4 Aug

      Matter opened

      Opened

  2. Step 02 of 05

    Add the asset papers

    Bank statements, the farm valuation, the two tenancy agreements, the company's last accounts and the funeral account are uploaded.

    Matters · Project Halcyon · SPA warranties and disclosureOpen

    Project Halcyon: SPA warranties and disclosure

    Buy-side warranty review, disclosure analysis and cited due-diligence grid.

    Client
    Halcyon Bidco Ltd
    Reference
    WC-2026-0412
    Practice area
    Corporate / M&A
    Jurisdiction
    England and Wales
    Responsible partner
    E. Vance
    No conflict check on file.

    Chat, on this matter

    Compare warranties with the disclosure letter.

    Three high-priority exceptions require action: the unregistered charge, the change-of-control right and the tribunal claim.

    Send a message… (@ to mention tools)BalancedPrepare for
    1. 25 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Chat

    2. 21 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Run · completed · 560 credits

    3. 18 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Disclosure Letter

      Document · indexed

    4. 16 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Share Purchase Agreement

      Document · indexed

    5. 4 Aug

      Matter opened

      Opened

  3. Step 03 of 05

    Run the schedule

    Prepare for: Work-Stream Memo, Deliver as: spreadsheet. Assets and liabilities are listed with values and sources, and each administrative step is dated against the date of death.

    Agents · Contract Agent · New runMatter: Northgate · senior associate hire

    Agent

    Jurisdiction

    Prepare for

    Deliver as

    Instruction

    What should the agent look for?

    Documents

    Drop a contract, or pick one from the matter

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    Platform model · zero data retention · audit register on
  4. Step 04 of 05

    Read the sequencing

    The tax account deadline sits before the farm valuation is likely to be finalised, which is flagged as the point the administration will bind.

    Agents · Contract Agent · Employment Contract Compliance ReviewCompleted
    6 items need your confirmation14 authorities · Where we looked

    Senior Associate Employment Contract: English Law Review

    Summary

    1. 1.

      Clause 9(c), non-competeHigh

      The 12-month prohibition on working for any law firm anywhere in the UK, Ireland or EU, in any capacity, is almost certainly wider than reasonably necessary and therefore unlikely to be enforceable.

      Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32
    2. 2.

      Clause 11, data and monitoringHigh

      Blanket contractual consent is not an adequate basis for general employment processing, special-category data or unrestricted monitoring.

      UK GDPR, Arts 6 and 9
    3. 3.

      Clause 4, holiday carry-overHigh

      The unconditional five-day cap conflicts with mandatory carry-over rights where sickness, statutory leave or employer failure prevents leave being taken.

      Working Time Regulations 1998, regs 13 to 13A
  5. Step 05 of 05

    Give the executors a view

    The schedule goes to the three executors on a passcode link with a ninety-day expiry and an email gate, and each view is logged.

    Client sharing · Employment Contract Compliance Review

    What travels

    Protection

    Six-digit passcode4 8 2 · 9 1 7
    Expires in
    share.legalaispace.com/s/k7Qm…

    View log · also written to the audit register

    1. Opened

      client@halcyon-bidco.example
      Today 09:14
    2. Downloaded memo.docx

      client@halcyon-bidco.example
      Today 09:15
    3. Failed passcode attempt

      unknown
      Yesterday 17:40
    4. Link created · expires in 7 days

      E. Vance
      Yesterday 16:02

    The reader sees your firm's name, the sections you chose, and nothing else. No sign-in, no account, no way back into the workspace.

What comes back

A document, not a transcript.

  • A schedule of assets and liabilities with values and the document each figure came from.
  • Every administrative deadline dated from the date of death, including the tax account and the notice period.
  • The sequencing conflict between the tax account deadline and the outstanding farm valuation.
  • Action items with owners across the three executors, so nothing waits on an unnamed person.

Authorities it checks

  • Inheritance Tax Act 1984, s 216
  • Trustee Act 1925, s 27
  • Administration of Estates Act 1925, s 25
Every source it may cite

What it does not do

  • It does not value assets. Figures come from the documents supplied and each one names its source.
  • It does not submit the tax account, place the statutory notices or apply for the grant.
  • It does not advise on inheritance tax reliefs for the farm or the company shares; those are named as separate advice.

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