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The Heir Hunters®

The Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates and some of the cash could be yours! Anyone in England and Wales who dies without making a will is said to have died intestate and if they are without known kin their estate is handled by the Treasury. There are currently over […]

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Heir Hunters Regulation

Heir Hunters are not regulated although we recognise the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR) as our regularity body. Consumers can be assured that individuals on the register meet the required standards of both the individual’s membership body and the robust criteria set by the PPR.

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Public Health Funerals

The Public Health Act 1984 confers a statutory duty on councils and health boards to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in their area, in any case where it appears to the authority that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body […]

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Wills & Probate

Fraser and Fraser, one of the largest Heir Hunters firms in the UK may face legal costs after they failed to acknowledge the Will of a deceased pensioner on a case that they worked on. Andrew Fraser, partner in the firm was involved in the investigation of the £600,000 estate of 1930s model, Tessa Amstell. […]

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Heir Hunters List

The Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates and some of the cash could be yours! There are over 9000 unclaimed estates on the Treasury bona vacantia list and if estates are not claimed by family members the deceased person’s assets will pass to the Treasury. Details of all the Treasury’s […]

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Heir Hunters List

The current series of ‘Heir Hunters’ on BBC TV feature details of persons who have died leaving unclaimed estates. Assets belonging to the deceased person pass to the Treasury if relatives of the deceased are not traced and the Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates…..  Some of the cash could […]

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Heir Hunter Fees

The Heir Hunters® offer a claims service where we aim to undercut the fees of other Heir Hunting firms and in recent years we have seen some established firms reduce their fees to remain competitive. Unfortunately there are still firms charging fees of 25% and over. Perhaps it is time that the probate research companies that are […]

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BBC Heir Hunters

The Heir Hunters TV programme is scheduled to start on BBC 1 this week. It features several episodes that are Series 10 Reversions. You can catch the programme every weekday morning for the next couple of weeks at 11.45 am. The first episode involves heir hunters trying to trace the family of a reclusive printer and […]

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The Heir Hunters – Scam Emails

We have had a number of reports from people with concerns about a scam email that they have received that appears to originate from The Heir Hunters®. We can confirm that the emails are fraudulent and advise you not to follow them up. Details of the email are shown below:- Greetings, Kindly Accept & Acknowledge […]

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Heir Hunters – Scam email

We have been been alerted to another Heir Hunters scam email that is circulating. Full details of the email are shown below:- Greetings, Kindly Accept & Acknowledge my Proposal! I understand that through Internet is not the best way to link up with you to inform you about this notification but because of the confidentiality […]

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