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Lifted from the co-op website: What to do if a beneficiary can't be found If a beneficiary can't be found, the first step is to ask the deceased’s friends and relatives if they know where the beneficiary might be. It may also be worth instructing a genealogist company to help locate the missing...

I wouldn’t. Get a reply to a text and take it from there….

Definitely. I’ve had to do a couple as Executor, both were relatively straightforward but the process is simple.

Only if the solicitor is the Executor - otherwise the Executors hold the funds. You don’t have to use a solicitor at all.

From a brief discussion I had last year (with a solicitor) there is no requirement in terms of means or method of communication - as the Executor you have an obligation to inform the beneficiary ‘when appropriate’ (usually as soon as practicable). Better to make the contact using text/whatsapp...