Reputable Lawyer in Glasgow please

babycakes_3

Hi,

I'm looking for, I guess, word-of-mouth recommendations for a lawyer who can represent me contesting my father's will. He and his girlfriend (not stepmother as they never married) have decided to leave not a penny to his family when they're gone - it is a very complicated mess and I need someone highly recommended and on the ball!! Also, can anyone tell me if it is common practice at all to request a no obligation case consultation?

Thanks ahead for any help.

B

Nosht

See prevoius posts here about lawyers.
FYI Under Scottish Law family have an automatic claim on estate notwithstanding what will states.

N.

P.S. ON page 2, 10/05/2010.

kayl

If I am reading your post correctly, your father has not actually died - if that is correct, you cannot do anything about contesting the will until he does. Even then, there are very limited grounds on which this can be done - for example fraud, undue influence. As the previous poster has said, however, under Scots law, regardless of the terms of a will, children of a deceased cannot be totally disinherited and can always claim a share in the moveable estate (basically, everything apart from a house or land). If your father wasn't married when he died, yourself and any siblings would share 1/2 of the moveable esate, and if he was, it would be to share in a 1/3 share. Hope this helps
Ps I am a solicitor!