Where there’s a will...
...there will soon be just a digital image
The Ministry of Justice is proposing to digitise millions of wills and associated documents, the oldest of which have been stored in boxes since 1858.
Before carrying out the instructions of a person who has left a will, personal representatives of a deceased person in England and Wales may need to “prove” the will’s validity: the word “probate” comes f…
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