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Barclays Probate Threshold

This has now been raised from 15k to 30k.

So any accounts within Barclays that are under 30k will not require probate.

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  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    edited 8 November 2013 at 5:29PM
    How long before an insider starts collecting details of old peoples accounts then extracts death certificates when they die and bag the money, before the heir hunters get there?
    "Know thy customer?"
  • madbadrob
    madbadrob Posts: 1,490 Forumite
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    John cases like that have been dealt with in court in the last two years. I need to dig through the grey matter but I believe one was a bank manager. One was deifnately a female council employee who on the back of the privlidged information she had stole credit cards etc and or started her own probate research company. Thankfully she was caught and sentenced to prison however thet didnt get the money back she stole. I am shocked at Barclays views on this but I can understand it as well

    Rob
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