Bank account for non-UK executor on UK estate

[emalrola]

My brother is a US resident and the executor of my late mother's estate. (all in the UK; she was a widow)

My sister and I are UK residents, so we are doing a lot of the day-to-day practicalities.

Our solicitor has suggested we open a joint bank account in which to put monies from the estate and from which we can pay household bills for her house.

However, we are having problems finding a bank who will open such an account as my brother is a non-UK resident. He does have an long-standing (empty) account with Barclays for which he used my mother's address, but I'm not convinced that Barclays know he's a US-resident! He is suggesting we use this account. I would like to know if this seems reasonable. The last thing I want is to do something illegal, but equally well, we do need an account to put some money in!

[cranleys]

The bank account will not matter - it is quite reasonable.

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