Will beneficiary - solicitor wants me to sign a contract with them’

Harsh, keepingquiet, and highly coloured by your own experience. Another definition is "to approach with a request or plea", which is what most people do when approaching a Solicitor, is it not?

Germanshepherdsmum

That’s really not what solicitors do keepingquiet. We are bound by professional ethics.

Solicit-to ask for, often sexual favours.

I have enough experience to know they produce vast amounts of paper at great cost for very little discernible purpose.

I didn't say it was professionally unethical.

The solicitor will make sure the executor distributes the will according to the deceaseds wishes, what it entails depends on the contract you sign. If you trust the executor I don’t really see the point, if there is trouble in the family it might be useful.

That’s really not what solicitors do keepingquiet. We are bound by professional ethics.

It sounds very odd to me if the OP is just a beneficiary of the will. She needs to ask the solicitor for a copy of the will and exactly what this contract is all about, and its ramifications.

You should still inherit the money regardless. They are just fishing for money which they are very good at, making you think you are better off with their services as opposed to someone else's.

This sounds most odd. As a beneficiary you should not have to do anything. Just wait until the estate assets have been turned into cash and then you should get a cheque for your legancy.

Is their anything special about the legacy? Is it a share of a house or some other asset rather than just a sum of money?

Without details of what the contract is to cover, it is difficult to know whether there will be fee - and agan how this affects your beneficial rights.

A lot of the information will be in the will and if you haven't already received a copy, ask the solicitor for one. Then read it in detail and see what it says.

I am sure GSM will find this thread and give some informed help.