For solicitors and advisers
A direct Swedish-law workstream for firms advising an executor, beneficiary or family whose matter also involves Swedish nationality, heirs, bank accounts, shares, property or estate documents.
The first conversation is free for up to 30 minutes and available by phone, video, or in person. No documents are required before the call. Consultations are subject to an initial matter and conflict review. Contacting the firm does not create a lawyer-client relationship.
Short answer
A solicitor may need Swedish input when an English or Welsh estate includes Swedish assets or family relationships, when a Swedish institution requests local authority documents, or when an English will raises Swedish succession, protected-right or administration questions. The scope should be defined from the actual facts and documents rather than from nationality alone.
Professional instruction
The useful deliverable is not another general cross-border summary. It is a defined Swedish question, a clear client and authority structure, and an agreed action or written analysis.
The referring firm retains responsibility for the advice and procedure within its jurisdiction. Simon handles the agreed Swedish questions and can explain the legal function of Swedish estate documents, identify the people who may act for the Swedish estate and coordinate practical steps with Swedish institutions.
An instruction may concern a deceased Swedish national who was resident in England, an English will intended to cover worldwide assets, bank accounts or shares in Sweden, a question about protected rights, or uncertainty about whether a Swedish estate inventory or other authority document is required. Each question is scoped separately and no result is assumed before the documents and connecting facts are reviewed.
Simon provides one direct point of contact for the Swedish work. The first exchange should identify the client, professional roles, conflicts, relevant jurisdictions, immediate transaction and requested Swedish deliverable. Confidential documents should be shared only after the engagement and secure channel have been confirmed.
Opening the Swedish file
Identify the deceased, relevant countries, instructing party, Swedish assets and the legal or practical question requiring Swedish input.
Simon reviews conflicts and proposes the Swedish scope, assumptions, information required, communication route and pricing.
The agreed work may combine Swedish-law analysis with bank, estate, property, authority-document or distribution steps.
Instruction routes
Who this is for
For an existing client matter where the firm needs the Swedish legal questions isolated and handled.
Discuss a Swedish-law instructionWho this is for
For representatives who need to understand what a Swedish bank, asset holder or estate process requires.
Review Swedish asset requirementsBefore instructing
No. Simon is engaged for Swedish law and the Swedish workstream. The instructing or collaborating local adviser remains responsible for England and Wales law, probate, tax and professional advice within that adviser’s scope.
Potentially, subject to conflict, client-identification, authority and engagement checks. The correct client and communication structure should be settled at the start.
A proposed price or fee structure is provided after the matter has been outlined sufficiently to identify scope. Additional facts, institutions or disputed issues can change the work required.
Official starting points
These public sources explain general procedure in their respective jurisdictions. They do not decide the applicable law or documents required in an individual cross-border estate.
The official starting point for the separate probate process in England and Wales.
English-language orientation to Swedish death certificates, estate inventories and estate administration.
A Swedish matter connected with England or Wales?
No documents are required before the first call. A short outline of the people, countries and Swedish assets is enough.