Statutory Will Applications - The Latest Position

Introduction

In an ever-changing area of law, it is important to keep up to date with the latest case law relating to statutory will applications in the Court of Protection and any precedents that follow from the same.

This new webinar is aimed at private client practitioners who wish to ensure that their knowledge is up to date.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• When a statutory will is required
• How to make a statutory will application
• The role of the litigation friend
• Objections to statutory will applications
• The 2021 practice note from the Official Solicitor
• Dispensation with service after M and H v P
• The weight to give to expressions of P’s testamentary wishes where lack of capacity or undue influence is alleged in relation to those wishes
• The role of charities as beneficiaries
• Options where the validity of a pre-existing will is questioned
• How relevant is ‘doing the right thing’?
• Case law

This webinar was recorded on 16th May 2022