Recorded Webinar: Solicitors as Executors - Ethics and Commission (Ethics)

For solicitors named as executors, the issue of commission is a tricky one. This session looks at issues around solicitors acting as executors, your rights to commission and what obligations of disclosure you have. It covers:

• The solicitor executor – what ethical issues does this raise?
• What costs can a solicitor executor ethically charge?
• Managing beneficiaries from an ethics perspective
• Disclosure to beneficiaries and disclosure to the court
• Executor decision-making – the importance of considering all claims
• Ability to claim for professional fees and charging clauses in wills
• Determining commission
• Solicitor executors who are also beneficiaries