Dealing with Problem Wills - A Bite-Sized Guide for Private Client Practitioners

Introduction

This webinar will consider pre-grant problems and will provide you with answers and guidance on how to deal with the following situations:

• What to do when a request for a copy of the will is made by a family member who is not named in the will
• How to deal with administration in respect of wills that are held by third parties (families or otherwise), who refuse to produce the original document
• How to deal with situations where you know there has been a will, but you cannot find it
• Can executors named in the will be forced to act and is it worth doing

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Rules regarding disclosure of wills
• The rules and procedure of subpoenas
• The rules and procedure of admitting missing wills to probate
• The rules and procedure of citations
• Costs of the above applications and the PR's/estate’s responsibility for those

This webinar was recorded on 16th August 2019