Administration of Estates — SQE1 FLK2 Wills and Administration of Estates

The painting was worth £25,000 when his mother died and £34,000 now, and the executor would very much like to take it at the old figure.
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In this episode:
• The statutory order of debts is an insolvency rule only
• A secured creditor stands outside that order altogether
• Appropriation is at the value on the day it is appropriated
• A personal representative answers for his own breach, not automatically a co-representative's
• Section 27 protects against unknown debts, never known ones
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