‘A’ has general power of attorney over an executor of a Will and a law firm is noted as replacement executors. The probate registry are asking for the law firm to renunciate officially, although am I right in thinking that as the law firm is a replacement executor, there is no need for them to do such thing or as it is being requested from the Probate Registry then it should be actioned.
Difficult to be certain without seeing the will but if the Probate Registry are saying that the law firm need to renounce that would suggest that A’s appointments has failed for whatever reason. Is A the beneficiary? Are the PR confused in thinking that the application through the POA is as beneficiary?
I have challenged the PR recently when I did not consider they were right and they conceded saying that the individual concerned who had stopped the matter would be offered additional training! That is where the problem may lie!
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An application for an Attorney grant takes effect as a grant of Letters of Administration. Therefore anyone entitled to a prior grant eg of probate must be cleared off before the application can proceed.