Expat death

Gettingtherequickly

eddyinfreehold wrote: »

The OP implies there is a surviving elderly spouse, hence the possible need for Power of Attorney. Obviously not for the deceased, you are quite correct on that point.

Correct, sorting for stepfather.

LadyR_in_Canada

This just happened to me. Canadian Embassy via UK death of dual citizen not their problem to deal with. No help. Need help to get copy of death certificate. Not all deaths involve coroner's office. And there are eight coronial areas in London. And you need to know which one you need. They are not permitted to correlate. I must have a copy of death certificate to present to HSBC. How to get it? Their bereavement dept is no help.

Thank you.

I am new to the forum. I am in Canada.

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TonyMMM

LadyR - coroners do not get involved in the majority of deaths.

The death has to be registered in the area in which the person died - so you need to speak to the registration office. If you aren't sure where the death took place, then start with the one that covers the area in which the person lived.

LadyR_in_Canada

Thank you. Died in London. No permanent London address. Non-resident. Hospitalized as emergency cancer patient. In coma, then communicated. His female doctor stopped communicating, took him home to her place to recover. She gave address as not her own, but that of a paralegal office at 46 Rocks Lane. That tenant person moved out Aug. 1.17 Cannot get doctor to respond to emails.

LadyR_in_Canada

Can anyone recommend a private investigator, please. The police cannot help, saying if no criminal activity involved.

barbarawright

Rocks Lane is in the Borough of Richmond. I would contact their register office for a certificate

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/registration_services/purchasing_replacement_certificates

LadyR_in_Canada

Thank you very much. Their site says records are up to date only until July, 2017 but I will check further on a working day with a telephone call. Their forms require information I don't have, such as place and date of death. LadyR.

LadyR_in_Canada

On 18 May 2017 a wire in the amount of £6100 was received at NatWest Bank in Wellingborough from a sender bank in USA, meant for a cancer patient in London.

NatWest never released the funds to the beneficiary to provide to the cancer patient. And still has not. The beneficiary subsequently has closed the NatWest acct. Requests were made (and in writing) multiple times that NatWest at Wellingborough return the wire to the sender bank in USA. The cancer patient has now died.
NatWest refuses to send the £6100 back to the originating USA bank without written permission of the beneficiary. The beneficiary says in writing that NatWest lies, and that instructions were in fact given to NatWest, multiple times, to return the funds to the USA acct and the beneficiary has stated in writing that for NatWest to keep the funds is theft.

Does anyone have a suggestion? Requests have been made by conference calls with both banks and security people. NatWest refuses to send back the unreleased to beneficiary funds to the sender USA bank.
Thank you. LadyR

Mark wrote on this forum:
"Contested my packaged back account fee via Resolver at 6.30am, by midday Nat West had deposited a full £798 refund plus interest into my account" - Mark

tyllwyd

Hi Lady R


It sounds like a very difficult situation but it seems much too complicated for anyone to be able to understand based on little snippets of information on an internet forum. You haven't said what relationship the deceased person is to you, and why you are dealing with their affairs and what authority you have to do that? In fact, you don't seem to have any proof that the deceased has actually passed away? Who organised the funeral - did it take place in the UK? It seems really odd that a doctor would have taken the person to their own home to recover if the person was a stranger to the doctor. And the money situation seems even more strange. Why would the recipient have closed a bank account when a payment of several thousand pounds was in question? Again, what relationship was the recipient to the deceased? Are you sure that the bank is not treating this payment as subject to anti-money laundering etc rules?

LadyR_in_Canada

Please see private msg.