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Making a Will, in the current environment

  • 04-04-2020 5:25am
    #1
    qwerty13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭


    I imagine this could be an issue for a lot of people, and I’m not a legal person. I think it’s quite a personal dilemma / question.

    I’ve lurked here for ages, but I do wonder what if someone wanted to make a Will, given the current environment. How might that work?

    What would happen if they’d expressed their wishes to witnesses / their legal representation, but (due to ‘lockdown’), couldn’t get their Will witnessed?

    What if their Will was witnessed via camera, as opposed to a physical presence. How would that stand up if the Will were to be challenged?


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  • #2
    Wonderstruck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭Wonderstruck


    The Law Society has posted some information which covers this

    https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/drawing-up-a-will-in-extraordinary-times/

    A neighboue can witness it through a window. You could also heed the advice of this English law firm which suggests asking the staff in your local supermarket witness it for you (https://www.axiomstone.co.uk/covid-19-witnessing-of-documents/). That would most likely depend on how chaotic your local supermarket is. I don't think a will witnessed by camera would hold up in court as it isn't really doing something in a "presence" of anyone else.


  • #3
    Addle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    I saw a pharmacist asked to witness a will recently.
    I know some solicitors are still working.
    You could call to an office and safely physically distance.


  • #4
    qwerty13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭qwerty13


    Addle wrote: »
    I saw a pharmacist asked to witness a will recently.
    I know some solicitors are still working.
    You could call to an office and safely physically distance.

    It’s not an immediate issue for me. I’ve hung around in this forum for ages because I find it interesting. So thought of Wills just seemed like an interesting question to me.


  • #5
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    I heard videoing your will and putting it in with the actual document would hold up if there is no other will.


  • #6
    qwerty13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭qwerty13


    JimmyVik wrote: »
    I heard videoing your will and putting it in with the actual document would hold up if there is no other will.

    Sounds reasonable. But does that require a change in law? Circumstances are so different now, I think it’s a very interesting question.


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