Call to Regulate 'Heir Hunters'

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Britons are being forced to hand over millions of pounds of money they inherit to so-called heir hunter firms each year, according to new research.

Heir hunters, also known as probate genealogists, trace beneficiaries of estates when the holder has died without making a will or people who have been left money but are at an unknown address.

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Call to Regulate 'Heir Hunters'

In many cases they are instructed by solicitors or executors to track down all beneficiaries to an estate before it can be lawfully distributed.

But some firms also res...

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