Death of a friend

snapping_crocodile

Sorry to hear about your loss. It is so nice that he had someone like you in his life. Having a will should make things alot easier for you as his estate can then be distributed to those named in his will, rather than trying to seek out his legal next of kin

dieselhead

Sorry for your loss, it is so sad to hear of someone so young that has died, especially when it sounds as if his path through life wasn't easy.

As is said above the will is a good thing it will make things a lot easier to sort out, and the fact that your are not executor means that you won't need to do anything, other than contact barcelys solicitors to notify them of his death and forward them a copy of the will (although they will probably already have a copy if they drew it up for him).

Errata

Jill - your friend has appointed Barclays as the executors of his will. This means that Barclays will deal with everything in the will but someone needs to let them know your friend has died. They will need to see the death certificate.

As your friend died suddenly at home, has the coroner issued a death certificate yet ? The death can't be registered without the death certificate and the hospital will be able to give you all the information you need about the procedure. HTH

Jill__2

Errata wrote: »

Jill - your friend has appointed Barclays as the executors of his will. This means that Barclays will deal with everything in the will but someone needs to let them know your friend has died. They will need to see the death certificate.

As your friend died suddenly at home, has the coroner issued a death certificate yet ? The death can't be registered without the death certificate and the hospital will be able to give you all the information you need about the procedure. HTH

The hospital said they need to do something to him to find out why he died, then they will issue a certificate they said it would be ready tommorrow after 1pm (they were doing what they had to do today). Is that what I need to send to Barclays? or the one the council will give me? Is it worth Ringing Barclays up tommorrow and giving them a headsup?

I know he hasn't had an easy life (He was the kid that never went on trips etc), He was the nicest guy you'd ever meet often would offer someone the last tenner in his pocket and go without himself) I loved him dearly, I am glad he is at peace now.

Would Barclays mind if I told people of whats happend?

mintymoneysaver

Barclay's won't mind at all. Phone them tomorrow, tell them your friend has died and that you were told thy were the executors. They should help you with everything else.What a lovely friend you are, my thoughts are with you x

DX2

Jill_ wrote: »

The hospital said they need to do something to him to find out why he died, then they will issue a certificate they said it would be ready tommorrow after 1pm (they were doing what they had to do today). Is that what I need to send to Barclays? or the one the council will give me? Is it worth Ringing Barclays up tommorrow and giving them a headsup?

I know he hasn't had an easy life (He was the kid that never went on trips etc), He was the nicest guy you'd ever meet often would offer someone the last tenner in his pocket and go without himself) I loved him dearly, I am glad he is at peace now.

Would Barclays mind if I told people of whats happend?

He will be getting an autopsy and when they determine what he died from you then have to go and register his death, the registar will give you a copy of the death certificate I forget how much this is.

DX2

Jill where are you? As Scotland and England have slightly different rules regarding death.

snapping_crocodile

It sounds like they are doing a post mortem? In which case the coroner will release the necessary documents to the registrar. You will then need to phone up your local registry of births, deaths and marriages and they can make an appointment for you to go down to register the death. They will then issue you with a death certificate which you need to pass onto to anyone who requests it, in order to sort out his affairs. It is best to get several copies in case one is not returned to you, and i think barclays will defintely want to keep an original to sort out his will. The coroners paperwork will also be required by the funeral director if you wish to bury your friend, though not if you wish for him to be cremated (at least this was the case with my dad). You sound like such a wonderful friend. Stay strong. I hope you have someone to support you at thus terrible time *hugs*

snapping_crocodile

DX2 wrote: »

the registar will give you a copy of the death certificate I forget how much this is.

I think they were about £4 ish each earlier this year (in England)

DX2

snapping_crocodile wrote: »

I think they were about £4 ish each earlier this year (in England)

£4 :eek: IIRC they are about £17 in Scotland.