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Just to clarify, are you sure that the signing of the will was not witnessed.
Surely in the circumstances, it was witnessed by the solicitor and are you sure that there was no-one else in the solictors office at the time to witness it.
I signed my will in the presence of my solicitor and his secretary. Solicitor then signed it, then secretary signed it.
I suppose i am having a go at the legal profession more than anything- If i could spot a small flaw in the way this transaction was carried out, and just say i did challange the local solictor in year's to come, does this open to flood gates for all his others clients that felt hard done by, could other wills be set aside i wonder.
I doubt if any solicitor would fail to have a second witness for a will.
When a will is drawn outside the office the solicitor either brings a witness along, or has made arrangements for a witness to be available.
Alternatively there may not have been any will at all - Many an elderly person has been "encouraged" to call to the family solicitor, and in the privacy of a one to one consultation stated that they did not wish to do a will or execute a deed etc.
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