Express the WISH.........

Ajh2008

My wife and I had both our Wills drawn up by the same solicitor in 2009.
In the Will is the sentence "I express the WISH that my Trustees engage XYZ Solicitors to act for them in the administration of my estate"

We have recently stopped using XYZ Solicitors and have now moved to a new solicitor..Our Wills are now held by the new solicitor for storage.

We don't want XYZ Solicitors to administer our will when the time comes.
Do we need to make a new will to remove the sentence (no other changes are needed) or can we just leave it as it is and hope our Trustees can safely ignore it and choose their own solicitor?

Jenniefour

OP - you have two identical threads going here, albeit in different names, so just alerting the others so we don't answer in stereo!

Mojisola

Ajh2008 wrote: »

We don't want XYZ Solicitors to administer our will when the time comes.

Do we need to make a new will to remove the sentence (no other changes are needed) or can we just leave it as it is and hope our Trustees can safely ignore it and choose their own solicitor?

Your wishes have changed - at best, redo the will; at least, write a codicil leaving the executors free to do the work themselves or employ professional help if they want to.