Costs – poor will-drafting

June 2024 | Wills, probate and administration
Practitioners should note a High Court decision that a solicitors’ firm was liable for most of the costs of a case where mistakes had been made in the drafting of the will. It’s an abject lesson that sloppy will drafting could cost firms more than they perhaps might anticipate. The ruling followed a dispute around …
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