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Rules of Intestacy

New provisions of the Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Act 2014 come into force on the 1st October and they change the way in which a person’s estate is divided if they die without a valid will. If the deceased person has a spouse or civil partner but no children, their surviving partner will inherit everything. […]

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Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? – Live is in Scotland next weekend and you can catch it at the SECC Glasgow on Friday 29th August and Saturday 30th August. Tickets on the door will be £18 per person however we have two complimentary tickets up for grabs for anyone who emails us at claims@theheirhunters.co.uk […]

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Free Family History Research

Researching your own family history can be both challenging and rewarding however it can also be expensive. Our affiliations with three of the main family history research websites ensure that you get a free trial subscription with Ancestry , Find My Past and Genes Reunited These websites generally require you to register your details and […]

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Heir Hunters Jobs

Here at The Heir Hunters® we work with independent genealogists who earn a fee for any research submitted to us that results in a successful Bona Vacantia claim. The work of an Heir Hunter can at times be bureaucratic and time consuming. We have found that a number of experienced researchers have no interest in […]

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Heir Hunters – Code of Conduct

Police from Cheshire Constabulary contacted us recently as they were investigating a case where someone claiming to be an Heir Hunter had been very aggressive toward a member of the public. The Heir Hunters® do not make unsolicited telephone calls to members of the public. We are aware that some of the other probate research […]

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Probate Property Services

We offer solicitors a bespoke probate property service to assist them when they are dealing with the administration of a deceased person’s estate where an empty home or commercial property is involved. A solicitor’s valuable time and effort can be saved if we are instructed to deal with the property valuation and house clearance on […]

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Judge rules in favour of squatter

Several newspapers and online news agencies are reporting on a High Court decision to hand a £400,000 house in Ilford to a squatter. The house belonged to a Doris May Curtis who died in 1988. Although Mrs Curtis has a son he has had little involvement with the property in recent years. Redbridge Council who […]

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Compare Heir Hunters Fees

In the 1940’s Charles Smith was described as an inquiry agent who specialises in tracing heirs to unclaimed fortunes. Charles would now be regarded as an Heir Hunter and he worked from large offices in Kensington, London. When Charles and his firm traced heirs they would charge them a fee of between twenty-five and thirty-three-percent […]

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Empty Homes Strategy

Local authorities in the UK have a number of long term empty homes that cause problems in that they can affect the appearance of a neighbourhood and the people living nearby. Generally it is people within the community that have to suffer the consequences if an empty home becomes derelict or is vandalised. Long term […]

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Heir Hunters ( Series 8 )

The latest series of Heir Hunters the TV programme is scheduled to hit our screens on Monday 3rd March 2014. The first episode is listed to start at 9.15am on BBC 1. There are 20 episodes in the new series although in the past not all episodes have been shown consecutively. If you miss out […]

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