No favour to Currie?
Nicola Neal and Jamie Reekie assess whether financial misconduct by attorneys in Scotland may bring about a remedy for beneficiaries
Key points
What is the issue?
A beneficiary of an estate suspects the deceased’s former attorney has wrongfully intromitted with the deceased’s estate during their lifetime.
What does it mean for me?
An executor can pursue the deceased’s former attorney for an accounting of their intromissions. However, the former attorney and the executor are often the same person. What advice can be given to the beneficiary in this situation?
What can I take away?
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