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Market Leading
Probate And Administration
Automation

The fastest, most reliable way for New Zealand law firms to prepare probate and administration documents — built by lawyers, for lawyers.

Why Choose LawHawk for
Probate and Administration

Probate and administration applications are rejected at rates as high as 40%, often for small but costly technical errors — missing words, incorrect descriptions, or overlooked compliance details.

Every rejection wastes time, frustrates clients, and risks fee write-offs. Our automated solution removes these risks, ensuring applications are done right the first time.

LawHawk’s automated probate and administration solution isn’t automation as you’ve experienced by other automation providers or your practice management system. This is sophisticated, comprehensive, flexible, and intuitive automation, delivered by NZ’s most experienced and internationally awarded team of legal automation experts.

Key Features and Benefits

All-in-one automation
Generate applications, affidavits, grants, renunciations, consents, notices, and more, using a single workflow, in one click.
Effortless changes
Update documents in minutes without write-offs or extra charges.
Correct every time
Documents are drafted with the required wording, avoiding rejections for technical oversights.
Expert Reviewed
Peer-reviewed by Chris Kelly, one of New Zealand's leading probate and administration experts.

Ready to Get Started?

Prepare entire suites of probate and administration documents faster, without fear of rejection.
Let’s talk about how LawHawk can support your firm. 

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Rejection rate

The rate of rejection of documents submitted to the probate unit for filing is around 36% to 40%, which is staggering. It does not include those applications that get past the Unit and are then endorsed with a minute of non-grant by the Registrar for a more technical reason. A further 10% can be added to that figure.

The time spent by staff of the unit rejecting documents, often requiring preparation of lengthy memoranda, recording and returning the documents by courier is substantial. If this time was spent processing applications that are accepted in the first instance, then we would be a far more efficient unit and there would be a much quicker turn around of grants.

Currently there are a lot of people who are re-doing work for which someone is paying for their time needlessly. This really is a nonsense, and we must aim to do better to be fair to the public who pay fees and who we serve.”

John EarlesRegistrar/Specialist Technical Advisor, Wellington High Court (26 October 2023)

Simple, Transparent Pricing

LawHawk’s probate and administration solutions are designed to be affordable and accessible for firms of any size, with clear, predictable pricing that makes it easy to scale your services without hidden costs or long-term commitments.

See our pricing here.

  • Simple agreed per-document pricing
  • Pay only for what you use
  • Free trial available
  • Customisations possible
No Annual Platform Fee
Pay only a small charge per document.
No Minimum Volume
Ideal for smaller law firms. If you don’t use it, you don’t pay.
No Minimum Term
If it's not the best solution for you, cancel at any time
No Charges For Revisions
Make as many changes as you need - only one charge per document

 

 

About Our Solutions

See how working with LawHawk can help you get better results across the entire probate and administration process

 

 

 

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We’d be happy to walk you through how LawHawk’s automated probate and administration solutions can help your firm deliver better results, faster.