Thanks for the advice. As you probably guessed, this is the first time in my life I have had to deal with this, and I am a bit naïve as it what to.
I have rung my local probate office in Winchester, and they are unable to help sort the contentious issues, although unable to help or offer advice, they have warned me that if it gets out of hand, that all our inheritance will be eaten up in solicitors costs, and she mentioned 5 figure sums.
She advised me to firstly apply to the probate office for a Grant Of probate. I said, I would like to do it this way, but my sister, who is actually holding the only physical original copy of the will, wants to use a solicitor. This is probably to ensure she gets her third. Do I have any power to insist on doing my probate manually. I want to save on solicitors fees. If my sister takes the will into a solicitor, having quoted about £5,000-£10,000, can I refuse acceptance and say I want to do it "direct" with the Probate Registry ??
Thanks in Advance for any advice