I could approach my own solicitor as we used them 2 years ago for a mortgage switcher. Will email them and get a price.I would recommend getting a solicitor to make your will. There are so many potential pitfalls with incorrectly doing it (even down to arguments over witnesses, etc).
Most solicitors make wills at a loss, in the hope of getting other business in future.
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Is such a restriction and buy out clause actually enforceable?The solicitor did provide the standard Wills free of charge but put a clause in along the lines that they would deal with the Estate after their death. A settlement fee had to be paid to allow our preferred solicitor to handle it instead.
Is such a restriction and buy out clause actually enforceable?
Not exactly the Great Train Robbery to be fair…Yep. Had to pay near to €200 as far as I can recall.
Not exactly the Great Train Robbery to be fair…
Because they put that clause in?Agreed but why do they need to be paid anything at all if the service is advertised as free. Holding people to ransom in what is a smart alec way and false advertising.
I'm still dubious that such a clause would be enforceable to be honest. What are they going to do if the executors go elsewhere? Sue them? That'd be great for their reputation.The solicitor did provide the standard Wills free of charge but put a clause in along the lines that they would deal with the Estate after their death. A settlement fee had to be paid to allow our preferred solicitor to handle it instead.
My understanding is that the Solicitor is named as the Executor with such an arrangement.What are they going to do if the executors go elsewhere? Sue them? That'd be great for their reputation.
In which case, paying a fee to release them from that role would seem odd, if not illegal?My understanding is that the Solicitor is named as the Executor with such an arrangement.
Of course it's unenforceable. But in the aftermath of a death, bereaved family members often lack the stomach (1) for a fight with a solicitor; (2) to take the deceased's will elsewhere. I've told here previously of a case where a couple made a "cheap" will with a solicitor to whom their children ended up paying €60,000 to process it.Because they put that clause in?
Didn't your parents read the documents that they signed?
I'm still dubious that such a clause would be enforceable to be honest. What are they going to do if the executors go elsewhere? Sue them? That'd be great for their reputation.
This comes up over and over. See this discussionYep, use your solicitor it's as simple as that.
My solicitor offers a free will service for existing customers but I suspect there is a hidden charge for storing the will or perhaps listing him as the executor. Where he'll make his money back many fold during execution.
So, I am guessing €150+VAT for search\retrieval\admin charges to send on or release the will. Pretty standard tbh.Yep. Had to pay near to €200 as far as I can recall.
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