My daughter was left a large sum by her great uncle. However, the executors of the Will were less than forthcoming with her entitlement. After four years of ‘delay’ , she finally was contacted by the executors who informed her ‘ there was a lot of complications to overcome’ , but now they were near completion and would receive her inheritance with a ‘haircut’ for expenses.
Of course, alarm bells started clanging. My daughter managed to finally get a copy of the will through the government website.
I contacted most of the solicitors listed at the top of internet searches in Cheltenham, but was very disappointed with the reaction of all of these, some appeared to sympathise with the executors. I discussed this with my daughter and rest of family and we decided to search solicitors recommended by the Law Society.
My first call was with CD Solicitors. I was duly contacted within the hour by the wonderful Steve Felts.
Long story short, Steve looked at all the paperwork available to him at the time and was able to secure my daughter’s full entitlement with one email sent to the executors. He also was able to inform my daughter that she would be entitled to claim 1 % and then 5 % interest over the time the inheritance had been withheld over a specified allowed time.
My daughter, a selfless individual, declined to seek the interest, but received her inheritance the next day.
I cannot state how wonderful the entire staff are at this establishment. They have since dealt with family Wills , Power of Attorney’s and buying and selling of property.
The amount billed for all of these services have been truly remarkable compared to the inflated quotes by the disappointing solicitors I had initially contacted.