Thank you for letting us know how we will be losing a treasure of information. The absolute authority of the "digital process" will contain these precious documents! Except any digital document can only be accessed if the underlying service is maintained. To my cost, I have already discovered that these documents can be lost when they upgrade or change the server, or especially if they decide to simply delete the entire underlying process. This is not addressing any difficulty if intervening pages were not copied or were done so that the "page" is left blank!
So older wills will be digitized and destroyed if this goes through? I was wondering if it would be viable for families to "buy back" their relative's will for a small consideration to cover costs. But then of course there might be so many potential purchasers it could result in as many disputes as to who get the physical will of the ancestor as wills themselves do.
Thank you for letting us know how we will be losing a treasure of information. The absolute authority of the "digital process" will contain these precious documents! Except any digital document can only be accessed if the underlying service is maintained. To my cost, I have already discovered that these documents can be lost when they upgrade or change the server, or especially if they decide to simply delete the entire underlying process. This is not addressing any difficulty if intervening pages were not copied or were done so that the "page" is left blank!
Happy to be of service. Do respond to the official consultation: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/storage-and-retention-of-original-will-documents
Thank you. Yes, I will respond to this consultation.
So older wills will be digitized and destroyed if this goes through? I was wondering if it would be viable for families to "buy back" their relative's will for a small consideration to cover costs. But then of course there might be so many potential purchasers it could result in as many disputes as to who get the physical will of the ancestor as wills themselves do.