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19/08/2009
Elderly urged to write wills |
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Older people have been urged to make wills in order to prevent a situation where large parts of their estate could end in the Treasury's coffers.
St Richards Hospice in Droitwich, Worcestershire, is seeking to get its residents to take such a course of action, the Droitwich Advertiser reports.
Hospice fundraising manager Tricia Cavell told the paper: "Very often people don’t see any urgency about the issue of wills, whereas in fact it is extremely important and can make a huge difference to the lives of those left behind."
She said many people were unaware that dying intestate could leave the government being the ones to inherit the assets of the deceased.
Bad will drafting is another thing that can cost money, Aberdeen-based lawyer Paul Lewis stated earlier this week.
He told the Press and Journal the recently-resolved case of publisher Desmond Elliott - who died in 2003 after writing his own will in a legally unsound way - had cost his legal team £100,000 due to its various errors.
Written by Pauline Adams
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