English inheritance law

[DocJock]

It's all foreign to me

FiL's last remaining sibling has died.

No spouse, no offspring, no will. FiL is therefore NOK.

He is not in need of any inheritance but before his sister has been dead for a day he has had a nephew contacting him asking when he's going to get his share.

As said, FiL doesn't need anything from the estate but this guy has upset him immensely and he'd love to be able to tell him it's all getting donated to The Dogs Trust.

So, my question is, does this guy share in the estate as his deceased mother was dead lady's sister?

Thanks in advance.

[DocJock]

I'd read that and found it a bit ambiguous, hence my question.

Thanks for the interpetation.

[DocJock]

Oh he's definitely not going to attempt administration himself.

He just wanted to know whether to tell matey boy to wait until the solicitor is done or to fk right off.

As I said, this vulture has jumped in before he's even had a chance to speak to a solicitor about administering things.

Thanks again for all the replies.