Victoria Grogan
Victoria is a Group Partner in the International Private Client and Trusts team at Collas Crill specialising in wills, probate, estate planning and mental capacity. She joined the firm in November 2022.
Victoria has more than 16 years of strong industry experience, having led the wills and probate teams of two other large offshore law firms.
She has considerable expertise and interest in the succession planning and will drafting for, and administration of, complex and cross border estates. Victoria can advise on all aspects of Jersey wills, probate and mental capacity law for both local and international clients and acts as professional executor, delegate and attorney.
Victoria also regularly makes Court appearances in non-contentious matters such as applications to vary a will, admit lost wills to probate and forced heirship claims.
Victoria made the first Court application in Jersey under the Capacity and Self Determination Law for a statutory will to be drafted for a client.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2013
Experience
- Carey Olsen (2006 - 2017)
- Ogier (2017 - 2022)
Membership
- STEP
Qualifications
- LLB (2003)
- STEP Diploma (2010)
- Jersey Advocates Exams (2013)
Education
- University of Northampton (2003)
- Institute of Law, Jersey (2013)
2 Contributions by Victoria Grogan
PRACTICE NOTES
Administering Jersey-situs movable assets for non-Jersey domiciliaries: Grants of Representation, low-value releases, resealing exceptions, documents, process and stamp duty
When a person not domiciled in Jersey dies leaving assets in Jersey worth more than £30,000, the asset‑holder is under a legal duty to seek a Jersey Grant of Representation and to receive it before any release of those assets. If the deceased left a Will, this will be a Grant of Probate; if there was no Will, it will be a Grant of Letters of Administration. The Royal Court of Jersey issues the Grant, and it must be produced to the asset‑holder prior to any distribution. Under Article 19(1) of the Probate (Jersey) Law 1998—subject to Articles 19A to 19E and any other enactment—the production of a grant is required to establish the right to recover or receive any part of a deceased person’s movable estate located in Jersey. The Jersey Grant confirms who may lawfully receive the Jersey assets and provides the asset‑holder with an indemnity for releasing them on the instructions of the authorised person or persons...
Private Client
PRACTICE NOTES
Jersey wills for non-domiciled testators: succession to Jersey-situs movable and immovable property, probate requirements, governing law, formalities, construction and revocation
Introduction
It is a frequent practice for someone not domiciled in Jersey, yet owning movable assets located there—such as an offshore investment or a bank account—to put in place a separate Jersey Will to regulate the succession of those assets on death. Although preparing a distinct Jersey Will is not compulsory in these circumstances, doing so usually makes the administration of the relevant assets after death markedly more straightforward and efficient.
Where a person dies leaving assets in Jersey with a value exceeding £30,000, the asset holder is legally obliged to require production of a Jersey Grant of Representation before releasing any funds. This will be a Grant of Probate if the deceased left a Will, or a Grant of Letters of Administration if they did not (the Jersey Grant). The Jersey Grant confirms who is legally entitled to administer the deceased’s Jersey assets.
If a Jersey Will is used to govern the succession of Jersey-based movable assets, the testator should also consider appointing a Jersey-based executor within that Will. This appointment can be of an individual or a professional...
Private Client
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