Agreements with accountancy partnerships

[Jesmar]

I have posted twice recently about problems with an accountant in Wills & Probate etc but am not getting any answers there so hope that someone here can answer what seems like a simple question to me.

When my mother died, we defaulted to using her accountant to deal with her income tax affairs but were never sent or asked to sign a new agreement or terms and conditions.

After receiving unexpectedly large bills, I asked the accountancy partnership what the legal basis of our engagement with their partner was, but they just sent the mentioned documents signed by my mother when she first engaged him two years earlier and without any explanation.

Would I as an executor be bound by the agreement and standard terms of business which my mother signed two years earlier and if not then what is my position?

[Peridot]

Hi again,
I have responded on your other thread. Easter weekend not many of us have been around I'm afraid. As I mentioned on the other thread here:- https://legalbeagles.info/forums/for...ment-and-terms there are a number of questions to ask - whether you needed an accountant to deal with the tax position what discussions you had with them. Were they dealing with the accounting period before your mother's death in which case they would need doing in any event?
Do the terms and conditions give an indication what would happen in the situation?

I will merge this thread and your previous so all the information is together.