Will wording meaning

loulou41

As trustees of my will I appoint the first persons to take out a grant of probate to my estate not being a grant limited to settled land and the term ‘trustees’ shall mean the trustees for the time being hereof but after a grant of probate not being a grant limited to settled land has issued it shall not include anyone appointed executor by the foregoing clause who has not taken out the grant


In simple English what the above means. Thanks

Margot123

My goodness, and I thought my late Father's will was 'full of goobldegook' (my solicitor's words, not mine). He says some solicitors write wills so that a layperson feels they have to employ a professional, and usually the one who wrote it!
Mine helped me interpret said 'goobledgook', and said the estate was simple enough to administer myself.

No help, I'm sorry, but someone on here may be able to make head or tail of it.

pphillips

It's fairly simple -
Your personal representatives will be able to administer your estate for the time being but after a grant of probate has been issued those who did not apply to take out the grant will no longer be able to administer your estate. This clause does not apply to settled land but that is probably unlikely to be relevant as since 1996 it is no longer possible to create any new settlements.

loulou41

Yes it makes sense. My understanding in this case the executor will apply for probate and will be the one who administers the estate. Why do solicitors make it so difficult for laymen to understand?

Margot123

loulou41 wrote: »

Yes it makes sense. My understanding in this case the executor will apply for probate and will be the one who administers the estate. Why do solicitors make it so difficult for laymen to understand?

So they can make money. This is why they can prepare and store a will for just over £100 in most cases. They are thinking of their future earnings.

FreeBear

loulou41 wrote: »

Why do solicitors make it so difficult for laymen to understand?

I insisted that my will was written in plain english and had to ask for a couple of rewrites. Took the view that if I couldn't understand it, how was the executor(s) expected to.

Yorkshireman99

pphillips wrote: »

It's fairly simple -
Your personal representatives will be able to administer your estate for the time being but after a grant of probate has been issued those who did not apply to take out the grant will no longer be able to administer your estate. This clause does not apply to settled land but that is probably unlikely to be relevant as since 1996 it is no longer possible to create any new settlements.

Good advice but the OP should check there is no settled land just in case.

Primrose

If I paid a solicitor good money to write my Will and they sent me a draft like this I would whizz it straight back to them and tell them to rewrite it in understandable English ! I think solicitors writing a will in this type of legalese believe it entitles them to add a couple of extra hundred quid on the bill !