Will writing

[Clippy]

If you take the DIY approach, say by buying a pack from WHSmiths, once you have created your will and had it signed by witnesses, where do you store it and how does it get 'activated' when you die?

i.e. Legally, does some form of registrar need to be informed that Mr Clippy now has a will which is held with Rogers & Hammerstein solicitors.

[EternalOptimist]

If you take the DIY approach, say by buying a pack from WHSmiths, once you have created your will and had it signed by witnesses, where do you store it and how does it get 'activated' when you die?

i.e. Legally, does some form of registrar need to be informed that Mr Clippy now has a will which is held with Rogers & Hammerstein solicitors.

What I did - write it, name an executor, sign it, get it witnessed

tell the missus to put it away somewhere.

when I snuff it, she takes it to probate at which point the executor is granted authority.


thats it, unless there is a problem or a challenge.

[Paddy]

A local solicitor should do it for you for under £100 all in including time to talk through it with you and make sure things are as simple as you think they are.

Will's are odd things. What seems straightforward at the time can be interpreted differently later on and getting the wording right is important. A solicitor can help you do this in a way that cannot be disputed later.

I agree DaveB