BL have been handling my mothers estate since her death over 2 years ago . They appointed an executor who shortly afterwards announced he was limiting his hours of work, which became one morning a week , and he also then wrote that he was retiring and to act as a consultant, limiting his hours even more . As a result the area he was supposed to be handling took over two years to get Irish probate . He insists remaining an executor even though he is rarely available .The solicitor handling her estate doesn’t reply to emails and seems to have lost interest in the “missing money “.I wouldn’t recommend Blake Laphorn unless it is a small estate with few complications .I noted a comment about them being accountants …well I repeatedly had to ask for a set of accounts…….and repeatedly for distributions …Also the fellow executor is based in Portsmouth and the solicitor in Oxford office … so they can hardly discuss progress easily .The sale of the house was well handled, very good .As for the rest , if I don’t contact them I don’t hear from them , and even then it may be after several emails , and it further adds to the sense of loss when trying to move on .