Wills, Probate & Trusts
The part of the law that is really about your family. Phelan Solicitors handles wills, probate and trusts for clients across Ireland — explained in plain English, by a firm where, in its own words, you are treated as a guest.
What this page is about
Wills & Probate, handled properly
Most people put off making a will, and quietly dread probate, because it feels like a foreign language spoken by people in a hurry. Phelan Solicitors makes it the opposite — clear, unhurried and explained until it makes sense. This is the work the firm wants you to come to it for.
Making Your Will
A clear, properly drafted and properly witnessed will is the kindest thing you can do for the people you leave behind. We make sure it is valid and does exactly what you intend.
Probate & Estate Administration
When someone dies, probate is the legal process of proving the will and dealing with the estate. We guide executors and families through every step and take the paperwork off their hands.
Trusts
Trusts for young children, for a family member who needs protection, or to hold an inheritance carefully — drafted and explained so you know exactly how they work.
Estate & Succession Planning
Passing on a home, a farm or a family business well takes planning — for tax, for fairness and for keeping the peace. We help you structure it while the choices are still yours.
Enduring Power of Attorney
An Enduring Power of Attorney lets you decide today who manages your affairs if a time comes when you cannot — one of the most reassuring documents most people never put in place.
Contesting or Defending a Will
When a will is disputed, or an estate is not being administered as it should be, we advise families calmly and clearly on where they stand and what their options are.
The full practice
Everything else Phelan Solicitors does
Phelan Solicitors is a full-service national law firm based in Douglas, Cork, acting for clients in courts throughout Ireland. Alongside wills and probate, the firm handles:
- House Purchase & Sale — conveyancing for buying and selling property, residential and commercial.
- Business Transactions — commercial agreements, asset and business sales and purchases.
- Company Law — company formation, compliance and corporate advice — a core specialism of the firm.
- Civil & Criminal Litigation — representation in disputes and in the criminal courts.
- Notary Public — notarisation of documents for use in Ireland and abroad.
- Personal Injury* — advice and representation in personal injury matters.
- Brexit — Doing Business in Ireland — establishing and operating in Ireland post-Brexit.
*In contentious business a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.
About the firm
Phelan Solicitors
Phelan Solicitors is one of Cork's most experienced legal firms. The office is based in Douglas, Cork, and the firm has represented the interests of its clients in courts throughout Ireland.
Hugh Phelan is Principal of the firm and heads its Compliance, Corporate, Commercial and Conveyancing work, specialising in particular in Company Law, Commercial Conveyancing and Business Transactions.
The firm's approach is simple: communication between client and solicitor is paramount, and there is little point providing legal advice you do not understand. Whether it is your first meeting or the latest in a long series, you are the firm's guest — and treated as such.
Contact
Talk to Phelan Solicitors
- Firm
- Phelan Solicitors
- Principal
- Hugh Phelan
- Office
- Douglas, Cork, Ireland
- Phone
- 021 484 2368
- Mobile
- 086 390 7815
- hugh@phelansolicitors.com · info@phelansolicitors.com
- Website
- phelansolicitors.com
This page is general information about wills and probate in Ireland and is not legal advice — for advice on your own circumstances, speak to a solicitor. Phelan Solicitors is regulated by the Law Society of Ireland.