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16/10/2009
Charity warning over wills |
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The wording of a badly-written will could end up leaving a charity legally barred from benefitting from its provision, it has been warned.
Writing for nebusiness, Sarah O'Hare, a solicitor based in the north-east, said this is one of a range of wishes of the deceased that may go unfulfilled if the document is not written by a solicitor.
She warned that in the case of charities, if money is earmarked for a certain purpose, this could pose a problem for the recipient if they are unable to deploy it in that way, as this specification would prevent the money from becoming available to them for other uses.
Another failure of such will writing is where there is a lack of contingency clauses to cover eventualities such as one of the beneficiaries dying before the testator, Ms O' Hare noted.
Such a warning follows similar comments from Shropshire-based solicitor Fiona Barnes this week.
Writing in the Birmingham Post, she warned that disputes arising from a badly-written will could lead to money being lost to the estate through having to fight the resulting legal cases.
Written by Pauline Adams
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