notice under s 27 of the trustee act 1925

A question about : notice under s 27 of the trustee act 1925

Wanting to keep solicitors fees to a minimum so looking to do this myself.

Don't belive my father would of had any debts (excluding CC) so;
Is it recommended to do.
If it is is there specail wording to be used
Any particular circular required to be covered ie just local town or entire county
Anything else I should be aware of?

Thanks

Best answers:

• I am also going through this process and I know that I will have to place such a notice at some point.
  However, I am quite concerned about doing so due to having to publish the deceased's address. Is this not advertising the fact that there is a potentially unoccupied property, or am I just being overly cautious?
• If the executor is a significant beneficiary it has little protection as the debts can still be chased, if pretty sure of the finances you could consider the risks.
• I'm just about to do the notice for my late relative's estate in the London Gazette.
  I can't see how to do this and I've read the website again and again! I can see the price list, but it seems that if you want to do the ad by webform, you need to have a credit account with TSO (used to be HMSO) and I've now begun reading their website - no clue on there how to do the credit account!
  They state that the notice can be done by post (and I assume then that I could pay by cheque) but I can't even see how they want this done either - any help would really be appreciated!
• Anyone know?
• I don't know much about the deceased's financial affairs (finding out a bit as I administer the estate) and I'm not literally a beneficiary at all (there was actually no will) - I'm the administrator, but as I'm a relative (of both the immediate next of kin who inherit and the deceased) I have been told some funds from the eastate will be shared with me - does that make a difference?
• I phoned them in the end. They were very helpful. There is no way to do the advert online and pay. You can email them the ad giving them your phone number and then they will phone you and you can pay by card over the phone, or like I did, you can write a letter with the details and send a cheque.
  However, BEWARE - I phoned them and went over the prices and VAT etc 3 times with the helpful person at their Norwich office- and she had told me the wrong prices! A week later my cheque was returned with a letter saying I had not paid the correct fee. So that caused a week's delay and no apology!
  Just a warning...
• Thanks, they replied to my email first thing this morning and explained the process. They now want to see a copy of the death certificate or the grant of probate or the will, so I've decided to do it by post.
  the local paper, on the other hand, have not responded to my email...