Brendan O’Shea

PARTNER

Brendan joined Edwin Coe in 2005 and is a Partner in the Private Client Team.

He has extensive experience of dealing with a high volume of Intestacy cases which can be considered problematic and involve issues not normally encountered in a standard probate practice. In almost all cases, the deceased did not leave a Will or have any known relatives.

He has been instructed in estates requiring the re-sealing of foreign grants in the UK, MANX Letters of Administration, Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 disputes and Financial Ombudsman Services claims. As a result, he has a significant range of experience in Intestate Estates.

In his practice Brendan advises administrators and executors on:

Probate & Estate Administration: Assisting and guiding administrators and executors on all aspects on the estate administration from securing the property, identifying previously unknown beneficiaries, verifying family trees, HMRC tax compliance and the distribution of estates amongst multiple beneficiaries.

Brendan takes a pragmatic approach to often problematic estates in order guide the administrator and executor through often unchartered waters that can appear challenging in the early stages of an estate.

Expertise

Private Client Private Client Disputes

Credentials

Member of the Law Society

EXPERIENCE

Brendan’s experience includes:

Advising in sales of properties in multiple jurisdictions and securing probate requirements relating to multiple countries.

Advising and rebuilding the financial profile of individuals in estates here the beneficiaries are unknown to each other.

Administering estates with in excess of 100+ beneficiaries.

Obtaining indemnity cover and advising in estates where a beneficiary may be missing or the event of a will being discovered.