Isabella Hughes and Oisin Dolphin, co-founders of Simple Probate."Serving as an executor of an estate can be overwhelming," says Hughes
The app is “white label”, meaning it assumes the law firm’s brand; as far as the client is concerned, it’s part of the service provided. The app will save solicitors roughly 50 per cent of the admin time they currently spend on executor-related issues. “What the app does is to relieve a big chunk of the administrative burden by explaining to executors what their duties are and how to organise all the data related to the estate with their solicitor. It also covers key topics such as getting a property valuation, informing the bank that someone has died and getting a grant of probate.”
The founders have not opted for a software-as-a-service revenue model. Instead law firms pay for use on a per-case basis. “A subscription wouldn’t really work because some firms might do five probate cases a year while another would do 50 and we wanted the app to be available to both. For early adopters the rate will be €200 per case. From 2025 it will be €500,” says Hughes, who adds that the app is scalable and can be adapted to suit all common law countries.