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Confirmation from Glasgow Sherriff Court - 10/12 weeks?
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jem16
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Application for Confirmation going in soon but our solicitor is saying that Glasgow Sherriff Court has a 10 to 12 week delay for gaining confirmation. Sounds rather long. Is that normal?
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That sounds very long. We submitted our confirmation and it was approved in a couple of days. We did the form ourselves and granted it was to Tayside sheriffdom but was a very easy process.
Hopefully it doesn't take you 12 weeks.1 -
MEL1981 said:That sounds very long. We submitted our confirmation and it was approved in a couple of days. We did the form ourselves and granted it was to Tayside sheriffdom but was a very easy process.
Hopefully it doesn't take you 12 weeks.0 -
Unfortunately your solicitor might be correct. Although most Courts do have a quick turnaround, others do take a lot longer. Bear in mind that Glasgow is one of the busiest Courts in Scotland and they likely have a huge volume of applications to check and process daily. Hopefully your solicitor is over-estimating the timescale and this might take into account if your application has to be returned for any reason but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the estimate is mostly accurate.1
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dryeagle said:Unfortunately your solicitor might be correct. Although most Courts do have a quick turnaround, others do take a lot longer. Bear in mind that Glasgow is one of the busiest Courts in Scotland and they likely have a huge volume of applications to check and process daily. Hopefully your solicitor is over-estimating the timescale and this might take into account if your application has to be returned for any reason but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the estimate is mostly accurate.0
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jem16 said:dryeagle said:Unfortunately your solicitor might be correct. Although most Courts do have a quick turnaround, others do take a lot longer. Bear in mind that Glasgow is one of the busiest Courts in Scotland and they likely have a huge volume of applications to check and process daily. Hopefully your solicitor is over-estimating the timescale and this might take into account if your application has to be returned for any reason but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the estimate is mostly accurate.
Unlike some other court processes this doesn't have any particular deadline, so the timescales depend on the staff available and their backlog.1 -
jem16 said:Application for Confirmation going in soon but our solicitor is saying that Glasgow Sherriff Court has a 10 to 12 week delay for gaining confirmation. Sounds rather long. Is that normal?
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Justhere25 said:jem16 said:Application for Confirmation going in soon but our solicitor is saying that Glasgow Sherriff Court has a 10 to 12 week delay for gaining confirmation. Sounds rather long. Is that normal?
Currage!I wouldn’t mind the wait so much if there wasn’t a house to sell. We have Confirmation for half of it but not a lot of use. Meanwhile we still have bills to pay from the estate.0 -
Sounds like they've lost staff, perhaps the more experienced staff?If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0
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We are in similar situation. We have been waiting 18 weeks for confirmation from Glasgow Sherriff Court. It really had an impact on our ability to move forward and as executor, feeling pressure from family members. Anyone else waited this long?
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