Legal First: Sheriff allows Attorney to act as Executor-Dative in late husband's estate

Mrs Susan Gordon, Petitioner, [2023] SC ABE 26
Sheriff Philip Mann sitting in Aberdeen Sheriff Court has just handed down a landmark decision which, if followed by other courts, will open a new door in commissary practice across Scotland.
The deceased, Mr Thomas Nicol Rae, left a Will providing that…
Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen
