United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40319
Wills: Older People
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21 March 2025
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31 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards exist for (a) vulnerable and (b) elderly people when (i) wills and (ii) codicils are prepared for them.
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21 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards exist for (a) vulnerable and (b) elderly people when (i) wills and (ii) codicils are prepared for them.
Source: Commons
31 March 2025
Answer
There are various safeguards in statute (principally the Wills Act 1837) and the common law in relation to the making of wills and codicils. The law requires that a testator must have the necessary testamentary capacity to make a will, and for that will t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-21/40319
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1787229
- uk · wq-1787229 · source updated 31 March 2025