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I've lost my will.What can I do.
Fitzgib
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My husband and I paid a ridiculous amount of money some years ago to make our Will and in a fit of 'spring cleaning' he has managed to throw away all of our paperwork. Does anyone have any ideas how we can find out who we made the will with? Thank you for any advice.
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Was the will registered?:
https://www.barkerevanslaw.co.uk/2012/07/will-registration/
https://www.nationalwillregister.co.uk/Conjugating the verb 'to be":
-o I am humble -o You are attention seeking -o She is Nadine Dorries0 -
cheque book stubs showing who you paid?A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0
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If it was years ago it may well be out of date (not necessarily in terms of what you want to achieve, but possibly in legislative terms).
Write a new one - shouldn't cost that much.0 -
Did you use a solicitor (local?) or a will writing service?0
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Will aid is coming up if you want/need new ones.
https://www.willaid.org.ukAll shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Thanks, have looked and it's not in our area.0
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Will aid is coming up if you want/need new ones.
https://www.willaid.org.uk
I have always suspected that solicitors use Will Aid as an excuse to write themselves in as executors to create a pipeline of chargeable business in the future. Am I being too cynical?
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I have always suspected that solicitors use Will Aid as an excuse to write themselves in as executors to create a pipeline of chargeable business in the future. Am I being too cynical?
Alex
In my experience, yes! We have never had a solicitor suggest we use them as executors.
As the OP has no recollection who they made they will with, it must have been many years ago, so they really should just make new ones.0 -
I have always suspected that solicitors use Will Aid as an excuse to write themselves in as executors to create a pipeline of chargeable business in the future. Am I being too cynical?
I'd say so - the ones I used didn't even suggest it.
Then again, my will was pretty simple, and the sole beneficiaries would be their own executors.Conjugating the verb 'to be":
-o I am humble -o You are attention seeking -o She is Nadine Dorries0 -
Keep_pedalling wrote: »We have never had a solicitor suggest we use them as executors.
Wow they are missing a trick there - I would have at least expected them to suggest it.
Alex0
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