National Will Register Blog | Wills and Probate » intestate http://blog.certainty.co.uk Where there is a will Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Carelessness, Confusion and the curse of intestacy http://blog.certainty.co.uk/carelessness-confusion-and-the-curse-of-intestacy http://blog.certainty.co.uk/carelessness-confusion-and-the-curse-of-intestacy#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:19:58 +0000 sdeeley http://blog.certainty.co.uk/?p=259 Paul Bricknell of Liverpool solicitors Mace & Jones, a Certainty founder-member firm, says: “Making a Will is not the only important step to take. There is no doubt that every year people’s estates are administered as if they were intestate, even if they had prepared a Will, simply because no one knows where the Will is kept. The Certainty service enables families to find the Will even where they have no idea as to where it is stored.”

But what about the many “tens of thousands of people” who die intestate each year? The Law Commission quote this figure as background to their current review of the law of intestacy. They add: “National Consumer Council research suggests that more than 27 million adults in England and Wales do not have a Will and that those who need one most are the least likely to have one…nearly one quarter of 55 to 64 year-olds have personal experience of the human and economic costs associated with intestacy or know someone who has.

“The problems caused range from inconvenience, to serious hardship or distress. Equally, applications under the family provision legislation can be expensive, and damaging to family relationships.”

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