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UK Estates

Value of Briton's Unclaimed and Heirless Estates Doubles in a Year

Liz Braude | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Heirs, Wills, Treasury, Bona Vacantia, Intestacy, UK-Estates, UK Law, Duchess of Cornwall, UK Lifestyle News
Liz Braude

Under laws dating back to medieval times, if no claimants come forward, all bona vacantia either pass to the Treasury on behalf of the Crown or to the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, if the deaths of individuals who leave neither wills nor heirs occurred within their boundaries.

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Flawed Wills and Costly Consequences

Jane Lee | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Fraud, Lawyers, Bob Marley, Probate, Stieg Larsson, Pannone LLP, Deception, Consumers, Legal Services Board, Jill Dando, Estates, Amy Winehouse, Wills, Intestacy, Death, UK Lifestyle News
Jane Lee

Given the degree of fascination with tabloid media and gossip magazines have with the demise of celebrities, you could be forgiven if you believed that death was no longer the taboo subject of old.

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Passwords, Probate and the Digital Afterlife

Helen Gaskell | Posted 26.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Chattels, Isp, Facebook, Afterlife, Internet, Data Protection, Wills, Legacies, Pannone, Probate, Digital, ID Theft, Ebay, Estates, E-Commerce, Gaskell, UK Lifestyle News
Helen Gaskell

The business of dividing up someone's assets after they've died is never a pleasant one but is usually relatively straightforward.

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