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Not sure if anyone can help here, its a bit complicated but thought it was worth a try, but its a long one 
My Grandfather passed away in the early 70s and owned quite a lot of property in this country and land in his hometown, Yemen in Saudia Arabia, which was worth a bob or two. At the time of my Grandfathers passing, my Grandmother was very ill and my Mam and her Brothers were only young, so we never knew anything about this land and by the time they did find out they didn't really have a clue what to do.
But recently, a regular where my Mam works got talking to her and she soon discovered that this man is a close friend to one of my Grandfathers friends and it soon come to light that my Grandfathers friend in fact forged my Grandfathers death certificate, claiming to be his cousin and leaving the 'married to' section blank as if to say he wasn't married, needless to say this man is now reeping the profits of all of this land which should be going to my Mam and the rest of our family.
We have managed to get hold of the death certificate which confirms the above, and we have also been to the archive centre to get proof that my Grandfather owned that property and land when he passed, we also knows where about this so called 'friend' lives.
He's a 90 year old man that lives just round the corner from us and back in the day was known as the 'mafia' of the mosque, he is known for ripping people off, as someone previously threatened to take him to court over something similar and he just settled out of court. However, we are talking a rather substantial amount of money here so I doubt it would be that easy for us.
The family had an appointment today with a lawyer to see where they stood and were told that because of the man's age (90) we wouldnt really have a case as he could pass away in the meantime and there would be a massive bill at the end of it with nobody to pay it. He also said that with it being so long ago, there would probably be no trace of any evidence with banks etc on having documents regarding the land and property owned, however we still think we may have a case as we have proof that he owned all of this and that he was married so all of his assets should automatically go to the family.
Im just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this or tell me if you think its worth a 2nd opinion from another lawyer?
We are all a little annoyed that he is getting away with it, and for so long too.
Thanks
My Grandfather passed away in the early 70s and owned quite a lot of property in this country and land in his hometown, Yemen in Saudia Arabia, which was worth a bob or two. At the time of my Grandfathers passing, my Grandmother was very ill and my Mam and her Brothers were only young, so we never knew anything about this land and by the time they did find out they didn't really have a clue what to do.
But recently, a regular where my Mam works got talking to her and she soon discovered that this man is a close friend to one of my Grandfathers friends and it soon come to light that my Grandfathers friend in fact forged my Grandfathers death certificate, claiming to be his cousin and leaving the 'married to' section blank as if to say he wasn't married, needless to say this man is now reeping the profits of all of this land which should be going to my Mam and the rest of our family.
We have managed to get hold of the death certificate which confirms the above, and we have also been to the archive centre to get proof that my Grandfather owned that property and land when he passed, we also knows where about this so called 'friend' lives.
He's a 90 year old man that lives just round the corner from us and back in the day was known as the 'mafia' of the mosque, he is known for ripping people off, as someone previously threatened to take him to court over something similar and he just settled out of court. However, we are talking a rather substantial amount of money here so I doubt it would be that easy for us.
The family had an appointment today with a lawyer to see where they stood and were told that because of the man's age (90) we wouldnt really have a case as he could pass away in the meantime and there would be a massive bill at the end of it with nobody to pay it. He also said that with it being so long ago, there would probably be no trace of any evidence with banks etc on having documents regarding the land and property owned, however we still think we may have a case as we have proof that he owned all of this and that he was married so all of his assets should automatically go to the family.
Im just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this or tell me if you think its worth a 2nd opinion from another lawyer?
We are all a little annoyed that he is getting away with it, and for so long too.
Thanks