Inventory and account order received despite already sending to beneficary

[mr_atm]

Hi,

I won't go into too much details here but late uncles house sold in May this year, a solicitor has been hounding us for an inventory of account. I emailed the beneficiary with an update of the sale in May and he then forwarded this onto his solicitor. Later we emailed further updates and then a full inventory of accounts in June after we received final bills, then later in June we emailed requesting his bank detail so that we can distribute his share of the estate. He has not responded.

Today we received a letter from his solicitor and have enclosed a photocopy of a court order to provide the accounts within 14 days. They have included the emails we sent to the beneficiary but not the ones with the statement of account attached or requesting bank details. There is a fee attached of over a £1000. We have provided this information already, so who is liable to pay the fee?

[LegalUtopia]

Resend and provide the emails where you have requested the banking details to the solicitors that were before that 14 day window. We would suggest you have your solicitor discuss about the fee or with the other solicitor (although probably need more details). We can not offer legal advice, but point you in a helpful direction.