For Beneficiaries

Why have you contacted me?

We believe that you are a potential heir to an unclaimed inheritance and may have contacted you for a number of reasons. When a person dies without leaving a will, intestate, it may be necessary to locate the statutory next of kin in accordance with the Administration of Estates Act 1925. A firm of genealogists may be required to assist a solicitor with this process. Alternatively you may have been named in a Will as a legatee and we have been asked to locate you on behalf of a bank or Trustee.

How are your fees paid?

We may have been instructed on a fee and disbursement basis by our client in which case our fee forms part of the general administration expenses of the estate and there is no cost involved to you.

Alternatively, we may have been asked to proceed on a contingency basis whereby we ask you to sign an agreement which authorises us to receive a percentage share of your inheritance should we be successful in proving your claim. There is no direct cost to you, we will simply receive our fee from your share directly from the administrating solicitor on the same day that you receive your inheritance. At no time do we ask you for any monies directly from your own pocket, and if in the unlikely event you were not to be an heir we simply return the commission agreement to you and you are not liable for any costs that we have incurred.