What should I do if I think my loved one's will has been lost?
A bank's recent failure to pass on the wills of 9,000 deceased customers has caused understandable concern for many.
A bank's recent failure to pass on the wills of 9,000 deceased customers has caused understandable concern for many.
Everyone has the right to leave their estate to whomever they choose in their will. But what happens if evidence comes to light after a person's death suggesting that they did not have capacity to make a will in the first place, or were coerced into making it?
As private client solicitors, we have seen a steady rise in the number of proprietary estoppel claims brought in recent years.
Watford residents will probably have heard of the widely reported case of Ilott v Mitson. Heather Ilott was completely left out of her estranged mother's will, who instead left her estate of approximately £500,000 to three animal charities that she had no connection with during her lifetime.
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