More often than not, when you draft a Will with your solicitor, he or she will offer to store it for you on your behalf. Storing Wills is a common practice, but when the Will-maker (‘Testator’) fails to update their Will, or, for example, decides to move overseas for an extended period of time, Wills can become effectively ‘lost’.

While your solicitors will do their very best to ensure that this does not happen, it is not at all uncommon for clients to lose touch with the lawyers that initially assisted them in drafting their Wills. When clients fall out of touch and then eventually pass away, their surviving relatives may find themselves in the interesting position of having to distribute the Estate without a Will to guide them. Read more...