Bona Vacantia for Private Clients

Scenarios you may encounter

We were contacted by a firm of solicitors in Cornwall who asked us to support the claim of a maternal cousin who has instructed his firm. Prior to the oath being sworn he wanted to check the administrator was entitled to act and that all the statutory heirs were accounted for. Our research discovered that the proposed administrator was a half-blood cousin, indeed all the maternal heirs were half-blood cousins. We subsequently located a full blood paternal heir who was eligible to act as the administrator.
Partner of the deceased approached us as the deceased had left an unsigned will. Her solicitors were intent on referring the matter to the GLD. We located the next of kin who subsequently instructed the original solicitors and successfully obtained a grant.