Invalid Will?

Does the Will comply with Section 9 of the Wills Act 1837

• Is it in writing?
• Is it signed by the Testator and 2 independent witnesses?

Did the Testator have sufficient mental capacity? – did they:

• know what a Will was?
• know (roughly) what their assets were?
• know who they might be expected to benefit?
• have a "sound disposing mind" free from disease which caused them to make a gift, that they would not otherwise have made?
• and, if the Testator, was ill or elderly, did the Will-writer follow the 'Golden if Tactless Rule'?

Was the Testator free from duress and undue influence? (i.e. threats that override a Testator's own intentions)?

Did the Testator know and approve the contents of the Will?

The Will is probably valid but contact us if you have any doubts as this is a complicated area of the law