Common Will Mistakes That Lead to Disputes

Problems with how the will was written, signed or witnessed, which may stop it from being accepted as valid

Rules in some places that reserve part of an estate for close family, which a will may not be able to override

Points where the way an estate is arranged may affect the tax that becomes due on it

What may happen once an estate is being administered, and where delays commonly arise

Issues that can arise when a person, or their property, is connected to more than one country

Property and possessions that may pass outside the will, or that may need to be described more carefully in it

Situations where religious or community rules may sit alongside the general law when an estate is shared out

A will left unchanged for years may no longer match the person's circumstances or the law as it now stands

Ways that marriage, separation, children and other family changes may affect who inherits

Questions about whether the person understood what they were signing, or was pressured into it by someone else