Confirmation from Glasgow Sherriff Court - 10/12 weeks?

jem16

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?

MEL1981

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.

jem16

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.

I'd expected maybe 4 or 5 weeks but 10 to 12 sounds ridiculous.

dryeagle

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. 

jem16

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. 

Pity we can't just choose a less busy court but I assume it has to be the one where the deceased lived?

user1977

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. 

I assume it has to be the one where the deceased lived?

Correct, you can't shop around. Same principle as any other type of court business.

Unlike some other court processes this doesn't have any particular deadline, so the timescales depend on the staff available and their backlog.

Justhere25

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?

Hello- I submitted in January in Glasgow - still waiting after 11 weeks (and relatively straightforward case) so unfortunately I feel thats probably correct. Thought I would let you know so you can mentally prepare, because it is draining to wait 
Currage! 

jem16

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?

Hello- I submitted in January in Glasgow - still waiting after 11 weeks (and relatively straightforward case) so unfortunately I feel thats probably correct. Thought I would let you know so you can mentally prepare, because it is draining to wait 
Currage! 

Thanks. The solicitor said she still had one waiting from November. Every time they phone about it they’re told it will be sent out shortly but never happens. She has no idea why it’s so bad just now as it wasn’t even this bad during Covid!  Last July it was 4 weeks. 

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.

RAS

Sounds like they've lost staff, perhaps the more experienced staff?

jem16

RAS said:

Sounds like they've lost staff, perhaps the more experienced staff?

Quite probably. They should get more staff then and clear the backlog. 

Carmen1980

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?