notice under s 27 of the trustee act 1925

Mrs_Money

I don't know much about the deceased's financial affairs (finding out a bit as I administer the estate) and I'm not literally a beneficiary at all (there was actually no will) - I'm the administrator, but as I'm a relative (of both the immediate next of kin who inherit and the deceased) I have been told some funds from the eastate will be shared with me - does that make a difference?

Savvy_Sue

Mrs_Money wrote: »

I'm just about to do the notice for my late relative's estate in the London Gazette.
I can't see how to do this and I've read the website again and again! I can see the price list, but it seems that if you want to do the ad by webform, you need to have a credit account with TSO (used to be HMSO) and I've now begun reading their website - no clue on there how to do the credit account!
They state that the notice can be done by post (and I assume then that I could pay by cheque) but I can't even see how they want this done either - any help would really be appreciated!

Did you ever work this out? I can find a link to register as a research user, but that's not really what I want to do! I just want to place a notice, just the one you understand ...

G6JNS wrote: »

Phone them. They are quite helpful.

I'm sure they are but I don't suppose they're available atm, and phoning from work isn't always easy.

Editing to add, I've just found an email address for them so I'm going to ask if I have to register as a research user or if there's some other way, and please could they make it clearer how to do it!

Mrs_Money

I phoned them in the end. They were very helpful. There is no way to do the advert online and pay. You can email them the ad giving them your phone number and then they will phone you and you can pay by card over the phone, or like I did, you can write a letter with the details and send a cheque.
However, BEWARE - I phoned them and went over the prices and VAT etc 3 times with the helpful person at their Norwich office- and she had told me the wrong prices! A week later my cheque was returned with a letter saying I had not paid the correct fee. So that caused a week's delay and no apology!
Just a warning...

Savvy_Sue

Thanks, they replied to my email first thing this morning and explained the process. They now want to see a copy of the death certificate or the grant of probate or the will, so I've decided to do it by post.

the local paper, on the other hand, have not responded to my email...

barryjarcher

I was convinced by my sister that this was not required as Dad was only a local man and never borrowed money so risk was very low.

Well DWP came along and is claiming against the estate for over payment of benefits. Although have since been advise if we had of done this notice they would not of been able to make a claim.

So if there is an estate of any value you need to post this notice otherwise you are leaving yourself open to claims, I didn't and regretting it big time now.

Corelli

Aaaaaaargh! Thanks for posting this question, I had no idea about this! And as I am sorting out my mother's will and estate for her, I am very grateful for this information.

Mojisola

barryjarcher wrote: »

I was convinced by my sister that this was not required as Dad was only a local man and never borrowed money so risk was very low.

Well DWP came along and is claiming against the estate for over payment of benefits. Although have since been advise if we had of done this notice they would not of been able to make a claim.

The whole point of doing the notice is so that creditors can put in a claim for what they are owed.

G6JNS

barryjarcher wrote: »

I was convinced by my sister that this was not required as Dad was only a local man and never borrowed money so risk was very low.

Well DWP came along and is claiming against the estate for over payment of benefits. Although have since been advise if we had of done this notice they would not of been able to make a claim.

So if there is an estate of any value you need to post this notice otherwise you are leaving yourself open to claims, I didn't and regretting it big time now.

The whole point of the notice is so legitimate claims can be made. The DWP do, quite rightly, scrutinize the notices to check if they may have a claim. So publishing it does not prevent them making a claim.

getmore4less

The claims can come in even after the notice has time out the debts do not go away.

All the notice does is indemnify the executors.

The claims have to go to the benificiaries which can be a lot harder for any creditor.

G6JNS

getmore4less wrote: »

The claims can come in even after the notice has time out the debts do not go away.

All the notice does is indemnify the executors.

The claims have to go to the benificiaries which can be a lot harder for any creditor.

Please can you cite any cases where this has happened? I am aware that it is theoretically possible but there seems to be a considerable degree of unfairness to beneficiaries who might have no means of repaying years later if they had spent their legacy or disposed of it. Even worse they could have died. Just curious really.