Lost a will?

BooJewels

And yet the one I downloaded from HMCTS that was proved in April has a sentence that ends in the middle of nowhere and doesn't even make sense and the address details for the executor and main beneficiary has the street name and post code wrong and the name of another beneficiary is also spelled wrong.  It makes mention of the 'alternative arrangements outlined below' if the executor should pre-decease her and there are none.  And the one I'm executing now for my aunt has the wording "me nieces" to describe my sister and I.   And don't even get me started on the continuous stream of errors I've thrown back at conveyancing solicitors to correct - from several practices.

So I just don't think solicitors are as smart as we expect and hope them to be.  Using them is absolutely no guarantee of carefully executed work.

Marcon

RAS said:

If you choose to type it up it is essential no- one adds or subtracts any punctuation, as that my alter the meaning.

Also start by changing the font and size and printing, then get someone who doesn't know the material to proof-read. Watch for spell-checks.

One organisation I knew lost a lot of money because someone mis-spelt public. 

No need to retype it if all you're going to do is replicate exactly what is there. If it is correctly signed, dated and witnessed that'll do the trick perfectly well (even if it says draft - but nothing to stop the testator putting a side letter with the will explaining what has happened). There should already be a clause in the draft stating that previous wills are revoked, so no need to worry on that score either.

Boohoo

Marcon said:

RAS said:

If you choose to type it up it is essential no- one adds or subtracts any punctuation, as that my alter the meaning.

Also start by changing the font and size and printing, then get someone who doesn't know the material to proof-read. Watch for spell-checks.

One organisation I knew lost a lot of money because someone mis-spelt public. 

No need to retype it if all you're going to do is replicate exactly what is there. If it is correctly signed, dated and witnessed that'll do the trick perfectly well (even if it says draft - but nothing to stop the testator putting a side letter with the will explaining what has happened). There should already be a clause in the draft stating that previous wills are revoked, so no need to worry on that score either.

Thanks again for all the advice and help.

I/we have looked at the draft will and it is exactly the same as the missing will.

I will try to locate the will that may have been at the soilitors through the websites mentioned in the posts here and see what happens.

BooJewels

They can be found @Boohoo - my aunt found herself in a similar situation after he original solicitors ceased trading and it was turned up after a few weeks.  Good luck.