Press & Media

Solicitors 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 whether a Will exists in a suspected intestacy case, or ensuring there isn't a more recent version. Curran says this can be a process of checking all avenues, such as writing to the deceased's friends, neighbours, other local solicitors, the deceased's bank and building society, etc... "We try to work on a friendly and informal, fast and efficient basis, without wrapping everything up in legalese" he says." We are here to help busy lawyers, so we offer them personal contact and say to them: 'We'll do this as quickly as we can' ".

Other Interviews

• Law Society Probate Section Yearbook 2006 - 'Genealogists'
  ...[genealogists] charging on an hourly rate can lead to high charges, whereas the no-win no-fee contingency charging is preferable in many cases... read more
• New Law Journal, March 2005 - 'Castaways: searching for lost beneficiaries'
  You're the luckless solicitor charged with tracing an intestate's beneficiaries... someone mentions that the deceased may have had some relatives abroad. Trouble is, they don't know their names and aren't even sure which country they live in. Enter the genealogist... read more
• Law Society Probate Section Journal, May 2004 - 'Bona Vacantia Estates'
  Despite the fact that there is no overall regulatory body, this is almost a complaint-free industry, according to Daniel Curran, owner and director at Finders, who has 14 years experience in Probate Genealogy and is registered as a Law Society-Checked Expert Witness... read more