Wills and Probate | Certainty UK Will Register Blog

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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This is a letter the Certainty National Will Register has received from a member of the public.

Making a will is a lot easier than you think for the majority of us. After all the majority of us when it comes to making a will only have ourselves and our family to think about. There are various ways to make a will. You can make a DIY will or visit an unregulated will writer or use your local solicitor.

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This is a letter the Certainty National Will Register has received from a member of the public.

I’ve been married four times and have 6 children. I clearly remember making a will when I married my first wife. When we separated and I remarried and had my second child with my second wife I thought about making a will again for some time and eventually got around to doing it but it then occurred to me what would happen if my first wife had kept a copy of my first will from my previous marriage? So I spoke to the solicitor who said that my new will would supersede my old will however I should contact my original solicitor who holds the original will to destroy the original first will.

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This is a letter the Certainty National Will Register has received from a member of the public.

Why do over two thirds of us die without ever making a Will? Maybe the thought of dying is something most of us would rather not think about.

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