Will tracing agencies - Emma Gaudern speaks to Radio 4
20/01/2005
I would like to thank you and your colleagues for the kindness shown to myself and my wife. I class myself as very fortunate to have met such kind and caring people.
Raymond, Hertfordshire
Emma Gaudern, specialist solicitor in Wills, Trusts and Probate at Alexander Harris Solicitors spoke today on the Radio 4 You and Yours programme.
Emma spoke of concern over Will tracing agencies targeting the recently bereaved. Relatives have felt pressured to sign up to agencies who want to charge a considerable amount of money; often up to a third of the Will's value. She said she had been approached by someone with a contract from a Will tracing agency, who wanted a third of the fee of the Will. She said "These agencies are targeting people who are in a very vulnerable position." She pointed to two cases in Ireland where the contracts had been held to be invalid. Her advice to people in a similar position is not to panic, and to bear in mind that the contract is unlikely to be enforceable.
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