But what did you actually ask?
Maybe read the title of the thread?
I presume you mean that the husband had a will leaving all to his wife with a second will only to apply if his wife had already died. If so then the second will does not apply if the wife is still alive. Not sure what your question is but to answer your question on can you sue a solicitor then that answer is yes.
No one knows what the second will says.
It was never disclosed to anyone.
It is rumoured to have divided the 'estate' between the offspring (i.e. the house was to be sold and the moneys divided between them)
Unless I have totally misread your post, I don't understand what the issue is and why anyone would make a complaint against the solicitor.
The complaint was about the solicitor mis-handling the father's will.
I rang her myself making a general enquiry about wills and she stated that when the person dies their will is given to the named executor/executrix to be dealt with, and it's only with the executor/executrix's permission that the will is read in front of the family. (i.e. it's not like in the movies where the family gather in the lounge and the will is read out in front of a roaring fire to everyone)
Re-read my first post - THE WILL WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE EXECUTRIX.
It was read out in front of everyone without the executrix's permission.
Hence the complaint/possible law suit against the solicitor/request for suggestions as to what to do in this situation (per the TITLE OF THE THREAD).
Not that it's anyone else's business but the son who thinks his dad was filthy rich has threatened to kill the sister who was named as executrix.
He thinks "executrix" means the sister "got everything" and my everything I mean the father's supposed fortune (apparently he got a small amount of compensation following an accident many years ago, money that he used to buy a car - ergo there is no fortune for anyone to inherit, but stupid people be stupid and "compensation" = "thousands and thousands of dosh")
The brother thinks the sister has stolen the father's money (there was no money), and threatened to kill her for stealing his inheritance.
He's been told repeatedly that there was no fortune, he refused to accept this.
(I believe said man has been living on credit for decades under the delusion that when his dad died he'd get a significant sum of money.)
The solicitor was informed of this and "laughed her This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language off"
She made no effort whatsoever to explain to the brother that "executrix" =/= "inherited everything".
He's still raging and trying to take legal action/issuing death threats against the sister (yes, the Gards have been informed of this).
The house is in the wife's name.
She [the wife] is now in sheltered accommodation.
The 'crazed' son wants the house since his fat *ucking *unt sister stole all his money.
There are other siblings living in the house (they were living there before the father died and before the mother moved out).
According to a lawyer friend in England those siblings should have been allowed to challenge the will.
They didn't because the solicitor said they couldn't.
But there's Second 117 of the Succession Act.
The solicitor says that wasn't invoked "under the circumstances"
The solicitor has no idea of what the family's circumstances are (i.e. she DOES NOT KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE AND HAVE BEEN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES)
You'd have to ask the solicitor why she doesn't know that.
I don't know enough about Irish law to know what the family are supposed to do, hence my mistake in asking for advise on here.
Like I said, "sorry I asked". or to be more precise, "sorry I posted on this board"
Happy now?