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Finders join forces with women solicitors to recognise outstanding achievement at 2010 AWS awards

Finders' sponsorship reflects firm's commitment to women's achievement in the legal profession. The leading genealogist firm Finders is acting as the official sponsors of the prestigious 2010 Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) Annual Awards, which take...

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Law Society Probate Section Journal, ‘Bona Vacantia Estates’

...[where a person has died with no known next of kin & to avoid possible future complaints from next of kin by delaying before trying to locate them]... Curran suggests an alternative course of action: Avoiding spending time and incurring costs...

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Lawyers Journal, October 2004 – ‘Finding Seekers’

...Curran explains that most of Finders' clients are solicitors and there is a steady flow of work from a core of firms from the regions; most of the work is concentrated in the UK. Finders also offers a Will-searching service, which involves checking...

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New Law Journal, March 2005 -‘Castaways: searching for lost beneficiaries’

Daniel Curran, director at Finders says: "Most cases we deal with are for inheritance values of only £1,000 or £2,000 - high values passing to individuals in the style of a lottery win are very rare. If it's easy to solve, we solve it...

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Law Society Probate Section Yearbook 2006 -‘Genealogists’

Daniel Curran of Finders agrees that data protection has become an issue. He cites last year's government White Paper which suggested amendments to the information required on death certificates. "We understand that people complain generally about...

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Association of Women Solicitors Magazine 2009 -‘Missing In Action’

The inside story of tracing missing heirs The problems that arise when beneficiaries to an Estate are missing or unknown can seem daunting, but need not necessarily be so. Help exists - probate genealogists specialise in identifying and locating missing...

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Lawfulness of ‘excessive and unfair Deferred Fees’ Questioned

Finders call for protection for beneficiaries from advance deals being made without their knowledge or consent before they receive their inheritance. Widespread concern is being expressed amongst the legal profession about the legality of the...

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Finders Sponsors Isle of Wight Law Society Event

As the one area of law which nearly every member of the public is likely to encounter in their lifetime, the vital importance of the will and probate sector cannot be understated. Underpinning the work of solicitors in this sector, are the essential services...

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The importance of genealogists to private client practitioners goes far beyond what is depicted on TV says Claudia Whibley, solicitor with Child & Child

If TV documentaries are to be believed, the work of genealogists mainly involves racing door-to-door, informing various relatives that they have inherited fortunes. However, this does not reflect the true extent of their work or the extent they can assist...

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Hunting Heirs – New Law Journal October 2011

Daniel Curran explains how to recognise a professional probate genealogist & why you need one In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in family history in the UK. Television shows like the BBC’s ‘Who Do You...

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