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McClure Trust Scandal: Families Trapped, Fees Soar
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Thousands of UK families are trapped in their homes due to a massive mis-selling scandal by WW and J McClure, a Scottish law firm. The firm sold family protection trusts, promising to shield houses from local councils, but these trusts offered no real protection and blocked owners from selling or downsizing. The firm collapsed in 2021, leaving victims facing extra fees to remove solicitor names from deeds. Victims like Janice Brunton and Lee Jackson spent thousands to set up and unwind these trusts, only to face false fears of taxes and care fees. The scandal echoes the Post Office Horizon scandal and has led to the two thousand twenty-three Trusts and Succession Bill for easier trustee removals. Support groups on Facebook are growing, and solicitors are helping victims panic-sell or relocate. As inquiries loom and regulators probe, these families fight for justice, hoping to reclaim control before its too late.
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