The Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008
Section 23 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47) (“the 1974 Act”) makes it an offence for a person who is not a solicitor, barrister or public notary (or an employee of such a person) to draw up or prepare papers on which to found or oppose a grant of probate or a grant of letters of administration. Section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) (“the 1990 Act”) makes an exception to section 23 of the 1974 Act in relation to any person who has been granted an exemption from those provisions by an “approved body”.