Solicitor keeps hold of original will

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Mojisola said:

I haven't retrieved it - only just registered our new wills with them.

We followed the instructions -

1. Download and print label PA7ENV.
2. Fill in all details on the PA7ENV label in BLOCK CAPITALS.
3. Put the will and/or codicils in an envelope.
4. Get a witness to sign the PA7ENV label.
5. Attach the label to the envelope containing the will and/or codicils.
6. Put the envelope containing the will and/or codicils in a larger envelope, along with a cheque or postal order for £20 made payable to ‘HM Courts and Tribunals Service’ – unless you’ve applied for help with fees.

and sent them off. 

It took a couple of months to get the certificate back by post - it lists the testator's name and address and the same details of all the executors and gives the reference that's needed to retrieve the will.  It's vital that you keep that accessible - that's why we're giving a copy to the executors - we may need to update the date at some point but we've tried to cover the likely eventualities so it may be our executors who have to do that.

I don't know how long it will take to get the will back - that's why we're giving the executors a copy so that they know what will have to be done while they're waiting for the original.

I’ve retrieved mine a couple of times to destroy as I was updating it. I also executed one for a relative that was lodged with HMCTS.
Each time I got it back within a week to ten days.