Solicitor's will administraton on a go slow

[whataboutbob]

The solicitor administering my father's will has not completed, after starting work in April (probate granted early august). My brother and I are sole beneficiaries, no disputes, no businesses to wrap up. 2 homes to transfer ownership (that's done) and a few thousand in bank accounts plus some shares. IHT has been paid. She has written to inform me she has had to do extra work on getting shares transferred to brother and I , and that the financial company is being very slow. This is obviously going to increase the final legal bill. She says one issue is company is based abroad and the person she is dealing with does not have good English. I am a fluent speaker of one of the 2 languages in that country, is there anything to stop me from asking to take over the share admin from now on? I am listed as executor in the will along with solicitor. Thanks for any advice.

Just bumping this. I’m planning on contacting solicitor tomorrow. Any comments? Should I go ahead and ask her to let me deal with the shares? Is she likely to refuse?

There's no reason you can't deal with it if you're an executor.
But you'd have to show them your documents now to prove you could deal with it.
I found dealing with shares abroad was the longest most drawn out process and mine was an English speaking country!

Thanks, I have emailed the solicitor and asked her where things are, stating that if language is the issue I can deal directly with the company. Let’s see what she says. Her estimated completion date was October/ early November.