Four starting questions. Then identify the information still needed and what the response may mean.
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Check the request and the response
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Establish your interest, whether a Grant has issued, what financial information you requested and what remains unanswered. Keep the written request and any explanation or promised date.
1 · Your starting point
Start with four facts
No names, account numbers or documents are needed. This check provides general guidance from your selections.
Pinpoint the information gap
Choose what best describes the position. An unexplained entry is not automatically an improper one.
Your inventory & accounts check
Your assessment
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Next steps for your situation
Missing accounts: formal request and Registry application
A defined formal-letter stage costs £780 including VAT. Where appropriate, the inventory-and-account Registry application is a separately authorised stage at £2,340 including VAT. Both defined stages total £3,120 including VAT; agreed external costs are additional.
Justin considers existing correspondence before confirming the appropriate starting point. A further letter is not always necessary. Obtaining accounts does not itself decide a claim about disputed transactions.
Dispute Assessment & Action Plan: £480 including VAT
Where entitlement, the response or the next step needs assessment, this includes up to 40 selected pages, a 30-minute consultation and a two-page Action Plan. It does not include a formal letter or Registry application.
These are possible routes, not a recommendation to apply. Justin confirms suitability, scope and fees before accepting instructions and may require an assessment where the position is unclear. The £480 assessment is a standalone charge, not credited against later work. Each stage requires separate approval.
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This check does not establish a breach, entitlement to particular records, liability, removal grounds or costs consequences. It does not stop or extend a deadline.
Why section 25 matters
Personal representatives have duties to collect and administer the estate according to law. Section 25(b) addresses providing both an inventory and an account to the court when required. Rule 61(2) specifies the summons procedure for an inventory-and-account application.
The scope of a beneficiary’s information request and the appropriate response depend on their interest and the circumstances. A disagreement over the correctness of an account may need assessment beyond obtaining the account itself.
Fourteen days is used here to organise the request history. It is not a statutory response period under section 25 or Rule 61, and does not automatically establish that an application should succeed.
In Ali v Taj [2020] EWHC 213 (Fam), paragraph 51, the court emphasised the executor’s duty to provide an inventory and account. This supports the importance of accounting; it does not decide the outcome of your particular request.
Accounts concerns and possible executor replacement
Missing information, disputed transactions and an administration that cannot progress can overlap. Obtaining information and replacing a personal representative seek different outcomes; neither is an automatic answer to every accounts dispute.
Record the conduct, its effect on administration, the explanation given and each party’s cooperation. Wider concerns may warrant separate advice about replacement and the practical arrangements that would follow.
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No commitment to paid work. After suitability and conflict checks, we explain the work and fixed fee for you to approve in writing. An assessment, if needed, costs £480 including VAT. Enquiring does not authorise paid work.
Prefer to speak? 01279 215580 · Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm. You can also email advice@human-law.co.uk. An enquiry does not pause a deadline.