The law states that people have to survive the deceased by at least 30 days to be their Executor. I mean, you think about it, you sign papers when the Will is going through probate (or letters of administration if there is no Will) and you can't sign papers as an Executor if you are dead too!
Your cousin may have worked in the solicitor's office, but unless she was a solicitor actually working through the probate process as an Executor, then there was no conflict of interest. Secretaries are just, secretaries. We don't hold any special "rules" or anything like that - I can work on any file really - I can jump from one firm to another firm (even in hardcore family matters) because I'm just a secretary - we're not important people
So if she's just a secretary, yes its all above board and legal. Even if she did sign letters, she probably didn't write them, in most firms I have worked for they dictate them, check them and then sometimes leave for the day giving you instructions that you can sign their mail on their behalf. So it may have been something as innocent as that.
And as far as I know there is no way (unless you ask your cousin) of knowing who the second person was, unless you get a hold of the Will.
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