Rob Burrows
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Inappropriate mirror wills had to be scrapped within 4 months
My wife and I sought professionally written Wills and agreed to transfer our property to Tennant in Common ownership. The advantages of this process were discussed and explained in depth, but not the disadvantages. The Will was explained to us as a mechanism for providing security of tenure in the event of one of us surviving, in practice it did the opposite and there were a number of scenarios apparent where we could have ended up on the street. On becoming aware of this we scrapped the wills and are working to get the restriction on our property with Land Registry removed.
We accept some responsibility for this as we were sent drafts and ought to have scrutinized the clauses and the explored the ramifications more closely. However we did rely on what we were told and this is why we had sought expert legal advice in the first place.
We were offered a free of charge adjustment to some of the clauses but the problem was fundamental so we have had to accept the loss and inconvenience. All I can say is that this has been a costly and quite unpleasant learning experience. N.B. I'm rating the service as overpriced as it resulted in failed wills. I'm giving two stars as opposed to one as they did seem pleasant to deal with.
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