A firm of solicitors prepared a Will which includes a NRB Discretionary Trust for benefit of potential beneficiaries including wife, children and grandchildren.
The Will appoints the wife as the sole executor and the wife and the firm of solicitors (or their successors) as the Trustees .
The testator died a few of years ago and probate was obtained by the wife only. The wife has lost capacity and the son is her attorney under a registered PFLPA.
The firm of solicitors no longer exists and I have contacted the SRA to find out the successors. There are three successors with the most recent one closing in May 2023. They have given me contact details for the director of the last firm (who is no longer practising).
Would the director (of the now non trading successor firm) be able to sign a Deed of Retirement and Appointment of Trustee to remove the firm and appoint son in their place? If so, can the son also sign on behalf of his mother as the other incapacitated Trustee?
Thank you in advance