Will Preparation In The Time Of Coronavirus

Aim

• This 30 minute webinar will provide solutions to the challenges facing practitioners in the preparation and execution of a will during a pandemic

Outcome

• Practitioners will be able to prepare wills and arrange execution within current legal requirements

Agenda

• Can you go to work?
• Taking instructions using telephone and electronic tools
• The usefulness of approved draft – the rule in Parker v Felgate (1883) LR 8PD 171
• Compliance with s.9 Wills Act 1837
  • What constitutes presence? Casson v Dad (1781)
  • Signing at the direction of the testator
• Recording meetings electronically
• Professional body Guidance
• Potential changes to the law