Correct me if I'm wrong but don't wills and Probate become public once the person dies, which would negate any article 8 challenge.
According to CPAG non contributory benefits (which I assume they are looking at) are not possessions so would not allow a article 1 challenge.
I know that a local council created a post on a trial basis to check with the probate registry, they recovered over £100k in the first year and hence find it cost effective, this was in the area of Social Services funding residential care. I would presume that in the majority of cases the probate would have been handled by solicitors who I would hope would look at the legality of this kind of collection of financial information. That is not to say that there isn't a valid HRA challenge available.
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