• March 29, 2024
 You Cannot Simply Take The Risk Says Elizabeth Middleton

You Cannot Simply Take The Risk Says Elizabeth Middleton

It is not uncommon for a client to be in possession of a Will that they believe may not be the last Will written by the testator.

Elizabeth Middleton, Principle at Elizabeth Middleton Solicitors, comments: “As a firm, we always advise our clients to perform a Certainty Will Search, you cannot simply take the risk especially when Certainty the National Will Register offers the added protection that both the firm and client need. Certainty Will Search compliments our services as a firm as it adds value and an additional safeguard to probate work.”

“When our client approached us to conduct the estate distribution work for his father’s estate, he was already in possession of a Will that was registered with Certainty the National Will Register. The Will named him as the sole beneficiary but he believed his father may have written a later Will, and so we advised that he should conduct a Certainty Will Search to locate any other later Will that his father may have written.”

A Will Search Combined was conducted which checks the National Will Register for registered Wills (circa 8 million in the system) and performs a geographically targeted search amongst solicitors and Will writers in the areas where the deceased lived and worked, using the National Will Register’s REACH search system.

“The Certainty Will Search found the 2002 Will which was registered on the National Will Register, and was the Will our client was already in possession of; confirming that we held the last Will. Our client felt better protected as he knew he had done everything he could to confirm the last Will before the estate was left to him.”

The Certainty Will Search not only provided reassurance but also protection prior to distributing the estate.

For further information on Will registration and the types of searches, you can carry out please contact us on 0330 100 3660 or email enquiries@certainty.co.uk.

This article was submitted to be published by Certainty the National Will Register as part of their advertising agreement with Today’s Wills and Probate. The views expressed in this article are those of the submitter and not those of Today’s Wills and Probate.

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Certainty the National Will Register is the UK’s provider of a National Will Register and Will Search service. Certainty Will Search and Will Registration is exclusively endorsed by the Law Society, recommended by key organisations and used by thousands of solicitors, the public, charities and financial institutions to register Wills and search for Wills. At peak times, one Will is registered every two seconds on The National Will Register. The confidential contents of the Will are not disclosed, only the existence and location of where the Will is stored is recorded, ensuring that it can be found quickly and easily once the Testator has passed on. Registration ensures that if beneficiaries and executors are unaware if a Will was written or have forgotten where it’s located, it can be easily found by conducting a Register Will Search. The existence of a Will and its location are confidential. Only when the Testator has passed away can a Will’s location be declared. Even then, it will be disclosed only when the person searching for the Will has a genuine, bona fide interest and that person can provide a copy of a death certificate. Certainty Will Search not only searches for registered Wills but also nationally for Wills that have not been registered to help prevent an old Will being used to distribute the estate or when the existence of a Will is unknown. In addition, Certainty the National Will Register provides an online Will management tool for solicitors, which can be accessed remotely from anywhere with a secure internet connection so they can safely register Wills, search for Wills and use additional services Certainty the National Will Register provides for professionals. For more information, please contact us on 0330 100 3660 or email enquiries@certainty.co.uk. Address The Chapel Chapel Lane Lapworth Warwickshire B94 6EU