Services for Trusts and Estates Practitioners

If you act in a fiduciary Trusts and Estates role whether you are a lawyer, accountant, banker or other it is your duty to execute a Will in the most beneficial and expeditious way possible.

Can you be sure that the Auction House or other organisation you've always used does indeed have the required expertise in ALL the necessary fields?  Do they have effective systems to function an estate efficiently and quickly?  Do they have the required credibility with HM Revenue & Customs?  More importantly do they have the ability to offer the best possible deal that effectively maximises an estate?

Inviting Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting to inspect an estate and provide a written report on recommendations, concerns, areas of potential conflict shows an extra level of 'due diligence' to fellow executors, beneficiaries and Revenue officials.

If required to do so, Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting can then invite tenders from any potential solution organisations, assess them and provide recommendations and courses of action to executors.  This whole process can be effectively managed by us from start to finish, saving executors both time and money.

If there are items or contents ultimately for sale then this can be negotiated on behalf of executors and the very best single solution, or range of solutions, can be sought - whether it be through auction, directly to collectors or to the retail trade/dealers.

The most competitive fees for both valuations and any ensuing sales can also be negotiated, thus providing cost savings for estates.