As of 13 August 2026, AI can find a probate solicitor.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Write down whether the estate is in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, then gather the deceased person's date of death, your area or postcode, and a short description of the assets and any dispute.
   2. Paste those details into the prompt and ask the chatbot for a shortlist of firms that handle the specific type of probate work you need.
   3. Open each firm's own website from the shortlist and compare its stated probate services, office details, jurisdiction, contact details and information about fees.
   4. Check each firm's current authorisation and professional details on the relevant official regulator or professional-body register for your jurisdiction, rather than relying on the chatbot's description.
   5. Send the prepared enquiry to at least two suitable firms, asking who will handle the matter, whether they offer a fixed fee, what extra costs may arise, and how long the work is likely to take.
   6. Compare the written replies and terms, then choose and formally instruct a solicitor only after checking that the firm is authorised and suitable for the estate.

   Prompt

   Help me find a probate solicitor in the UK. This is not professional advice and you must not decide legal issues for me.
   
   My details:
   - Jurisdiction: [England and Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland]
   - Area or postcode: [area or postcode]
   - Estate size and complexity: [brief description, including property, business interests, foreign assets, trusts, inheritance-tax concerns, disputes or missing documents]
   - Who died and when: [brief details]
   - What I need: [full probate administration, advice only, contentious probate, estate tax help, or other]
   - Timing or urgency: [details]
   - Preferences: [fixed fee, local meetings, remote service, language, accessibility or other]
   
   Use current public information where available. Produce a shortlist of up to five firms that appear to handle this type of probate work in my jurisdiction and area. For each, give the firm name, website, office location, relevant service, regulator or professional-body details if publicly verifiable, likely questions to ask about fees and timescales, and any clear reason it may not fit. Do not invent firms, prices, credentials, reviews, availability or regulatory status. Separate facts you found from suggestions and mark anything I must verify. Explain how I can check the firm's current authorisation and contact details through the relevant official register. Do not recommend a firm solely because it appears first in search results. Finish with a short email I can send to the shortlisted firms asking about availability, experience with this type of estate, total fees and likely additional costs. Tell me which facts I should confirm before instructing anyone.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.