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Regardless of who is executor it just appears to be unnecessary expense to me , a few posters on here have described it as the nuclear option, why let it get to that stage?

I'm just enquiring @DannyBoyD I don't know the system at all. I think it's crazy that someone would have to go to all the expense of the high court when it would appear there's a much simpler solution.

Is there any reason why a solicitor who took instructions and prepared a will would refuse to provide an affidavit of testamentary capacity, would it be unusual for them to do that and can they be forced to provide one?

Owned by my grandmother, lying empty at the moment and up for sale.

I honestly don't know Again I don't know, probably just the solicitor's word on it. Not that I know of, I don't think the family are suspecting anything untoward on her part.

Do you mean the medical sign off by her GP after death or the lack of medical sign off when the 2md will was drawn up, witnessed and signed by 2 solicitors?

The application was made well over a year ago and it's only in the last few weeks has there been talk of high court.

So could they be in trouble for that?

Thanks for that @eggerb I might fire off a general query myself. I honestly don't know how long it was since the GP seen her but I still can't understand why they can't use the will witnessed and signed by 2 solicitors.

he doesn't care about the money, he just wants to carry out his mother's wishes. nursing home bills have to come out of the final figure so i reckon it'll be a lot less than 40k each.

i'm assuming it was my grandmother, my aunt was in the house with her at the time when the solicitors called out to see her. don't know if exact costs were mentioned but i do recall my father saying the barrister told him it'll cost a lot of money to send letters to everyone.

if it was with the solicitor she drew up the first will with i could understand that but this meeting was with a different solicitor. i wasn't there but apparently my aunt told the solicitors when they were leaving the meeting that if anything untoward emerged she would take matters further and...

as executor, can my father contact the probate office himself for information/advice or does it have to be done through the solicitor?

thanks salvadore i will have to get on to my father and find out if this has already been suggested.

surely it is if they said it was just a meeting?

yes he has 1 daughter. as far as i know nothing has been suggested all along as this being a problem or that his daughter is objecting. the thing is, when the solicitors came out to have a "meeting" with my grandmother they said it was just a meeting and no mention of a new will so one of my...

Wow, wasn't expecting so many replies when I checked this morning, thanks a million for responding, lots to read through there. One of the siblings was left out of the 2nd will by my grandmother, I don't know why. unfortunately he passed away a few months before my grandmother did. Yes he has...

I've said something along these lines all along, I've absolutely no experience in these kind of matters but surely their word should suffice, that would seem common sense to me. I looked at a copy of the new will today and you can clearly make out the name of one of the people who signed it, if...

i'll try and keep this as brief as i can but looking for some advice if possible. my grandmother passed away in march of last year, she made a will a good few years ago (can't remember the exact year) but then made a second will in 2019. my father was appointed executor of the will and the...

thanks a lot for the replies folks, i'm completely in the dark about any of this stuff. this is not a company AVC scheme, i have a separate superannuation scheme with my employer and i signed up to this AVC scheme about 25 years ago. i can't recall if i knew at the time that i'd have to wait...