Danny Curran MD of Finders International and IAPPR Chairman, explains the process of inheritance, Bonavacantialist.co.uk and the importance of the IAPPR to Jim Hawkings of BBC Radio Shropshire. He describes the sequence for which next of kin are prioritised when no will is found, and the user-friendly website created by Finders International to search the government data for unclaimed estates – bonavacantialist.co.uk. He then moves on to some of the more fascinating and challenging cases Finders have undertaken, including a Will that left half of the deceased’s estate to her taxi driver, and where an exhumation and subsequent DNA testing matching a next of kin for £1m estate.
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