When signing your Wills in Halstead or anywhere else in the UK, it is to be noted that earlier this year the Supreme Court made a significant decision with regard to the resolution of a dispute pertaining to their last wills and testaments emanating from the wrong documents having been signed in the case of Marley v. Rawlings and another.
Maureen and Alfred Rawlings had prepared their Wills in 1999 leaving their estates to a non-blood relative (Terry Marley). However, as a result of an apparent mistake by the solicitor that drafted the documents, Mr and Mrs Rawlings accidentally signed each other’s Will as opposed to their own leading to Alfred’s Will’s validity then being disputed after he died.
Contrary to the Lower Courts’ decisions reached in this case, it was found by the Supreme Court the Wills needed to be treated like a commercial contract. Therefore, this meant that the failure to sign the correct documents should not be permitted to provide for the wishes of the testators invalidation in locations throughout Essex including Halstead. Instead, it was determined by the Supreme Court that Alfred’s Will should be rectified so as to include the correct points from his Will and not his wife’s.
What can be learned here is that, despite the decision reached in Marley v. Rawlings and another that rectiied the situation that arose here in the facts and circumstances, the need to put a valid Will in place that is professionally drafted is essential. Therefore, you are advised to look to a service provider like Andrew Douglas Wills and Legal Services for advice with writing your Wills in Halstead and throughout the rest of Essex.
For more information, check out our website at www.andrewdouglaswills.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ADouglasWills
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AndrewDouglasWills
