Kripa Shah

Kripa advises individuals, families, executors, attorneys and trustees across a range of private client matters.

Her expertise includes Inheritance Tax and broader estate planning strategies, wills and succession arrangements, preparing and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney, and the management and winding-up of trusts.

She also advises executors and administrators on all aspects of probate and estate administration, including the completion of Inheritance Tax returns, obtaining Grants of Probate and Grants of Letters of Administration, and the practical steps required to collect assets, settle liabilities, distribute estates, prepare estate accounts.

Examples of Kripa’s work include:

• Overseeing complex intestacies, involving obtaining family trees and applications for the Grants of Letters of Administration.
• Tracing missing beneficiaries in estates.
• Advising on the reseal of an English Grant of Probate in foreign jurisdictions .
• Drafting wills, including setting up various types of trust (including Life Interest Trusts, Discretionary Trusts, and Business Relief Trusts).
• Administering complex probate matters involving agricultural land and business assets.