Should I cover myself with Gazette notice?

user1977

Hoenir said:

user1977 said:

Savvy_Sue said:

user1977 said:

Hoenir said:

user1977 said:

I think there would only be a small minority of estates where a Gazette notice is remotely useful. Any creditors are 99% likely to be predictable ones, not weirdos coming out of the woodwork long after the death claiming they were owed money.

Surprising what many people don't know about the finances of the estate that are being appointed legally to wind up. The Gazette is a small cost in relation to what many executors claim in say expenses or getting the Council to collect bulky household items. 

It might be a relatively small expense, but that still doesn't mean it's good value for money.

I have wound up estates professionally in the past, and can't remember any surprise creditors cropping up. I can't remember any being discussed in posts here either.

From my memory, we were also recommended to post a notice in the local paper if we were doing the Gazette. The Gazette was a lot cheaper than the local paper! 

Yes, I don't think there's anything magic about the advert being in the Gazette (unlike certain other legal notices which do require to be in the Gazette), 

People that actually use the data on the Official Public Record aren't looking for magic. Just a single source of reliable data that they can monitor for their own uses. 

But what sort of creditors are we talking about? Things like the DWP or HMRC are predictable likely creditors which the executors ought to be investigating anyway (and in any event are likely to be aware of the death).

sassyblue

Linton said:

Hoenir said:

user1977 said:

Hoenir said:

user1977 said:

I think there would only be a small minority of estates where a Gazette notice is remotely useful. Any creditors are 99% likely to be predictable ones, not weirdos coming out of the woodwork long after the death claiming they were owed money.

Surprising what many people don't know about the finances of the estate that are being appointed legally to wind up. The Gazette is a small cost in relation to what many executors claim in say expenses or getting the Council to collect bulky household items. 

It might be a relatively small expense, but that still doesn't mean it's good value for money.

I found that beneficiaries were more agitated about the expenses I claimed. In fulfilling my late mothers wishes. Not least the scattering of her ashes. Which required a 450 mile drive and an overnight stay. 

Somewhat off the main topic but...

I too would question whether the executor should claim for expenses from the estate for scattering the ashes.  After all scattering of ashes is not part of an executor's legal duties.  Surely the executor has no more right to getting their expenses paid than any other member of the family who choose to be present.

The executors job is to see the wishes of the deceased will are carried out and if they specified they wanted their ashes scattered in outer Mongolia then it's the executors job to sort that so I wouldn't have a problem with any charges from doing so.