Question reference: S5W-33881
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the ability of legislation and common law to allow executors to be removed where they are not carrying out the responsibilities and duties of that role.
Answer
The Scottish Government continue to consider the recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission’s on reform of the law of trusts. Among those recommendations was reform of statutory powers to remove trustees and which would include executors. Once consideration is complete the Scottish Government will write to the Scottish Law Commission advising them of next steps.