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Normally, two independent witnesses are required to check, is

documents have to be witnessed and held in place by the windscreen wipers and signed on a car hood in a new way for wills, while the social distancing.

signatures are also observed through the window and terrace doors, as the current restrictions will be true 200 years old, the laws will only write hard to come by.

the Minister say there are no plans for relaxation of the strict rules.

the lawyers are reporting a "massive increase" in the demand for wills of people concerned about coronavirus.

Otherwise, right to sign, in front of two independent witnesses who are physically present in England and Wales is likely to lead to a judge a decision of the document and older, in him, void.

In Scotland, the arrangements are less formal, and require only a witness.

call for relaxed to be

The Law is strict in England and Wales. This includes the signing in front of two independent witnesses In Person , and with Two People , the signature in their presence.

The existing law dates back to 1837, the start of Queen Victoria 's reign, the protection of the individual in a less efficient recording, lower literacy, and less advanced Technology .

Wills in England and Wales require two independent witnesses.

The witnesses were examined rules, the lockdown, the isolation, and social distancing requirements in the case of the Corona-Virus-Outbreak - at a time when many people want to completion of a relatively short-term.

This led to people, the witnesses to the signatures of fences of the garden and in driveways, with lawyers often the monitoring from a safe distance.

The Law Society, the solicitors' trade body, the Ministry of justice on amendments to The Law , such as, for example, the careful use of video conferencing in The Process .

Ian Bond, to the presidency of the company, and the equity Committee, urged to follow the government, the Australian model, where The Law is the same, but where the judges examine and show allows a degree of flexibility to stand wills.

He Said the recommendations of the Law Commission in the year 2017 on a modernisation of The Law , which could be used as a template.

But the justice Department said there were no plans to present The Rules change.

"This is a delicate area of law and we must protect the elderly and help the needy people said against any possible fraud," a spokesman for. "We consider all options and keep this under review during the Covid-19 pandemic. "

the lawyers are reporting a huge increase in the demand for writing services, how the awareness of mortality in the midst of a pandemic increases, and those who want to get with debts or legacies, papers in order.

Mr. Bond, who is working for Talbot's law in the West Midlands , said doubled their cases almost.

Farewill, a company, the instructions for wills online, although witnesses must be done In Person has seen a 12-fold increase in enquiries from NHS employees. Phone-based lawyers have also seen a big spike.

all that thinking, a will has to be written to urged to seek professional advice, like the do-it-yourself wills online-templates-a risk that illegal and invalid.

'death-bed' wills

to be A particularly problematic area for people to make the attempt to be just before you die.

to the families, relatives are named, are not allowed to be a witness, otherwise it expires, your eligibility and you would have to lose their inheritance.

this means That independent witnesses are required, which is difficult when someone is confined to bed and the visitors are not to call, in the midst of the current restrictions on freedom of movement.

In the hospital, the visitors allowed currently, doctors and nurses are not allowed to potentially tainted documents sides of the bed, and these professionals focus on the medical treatment of eh,

it means That someone is in the hospital and probably will not write pass away in a last-minute.

This should be encouraging to Mr. Bond, currently healthy people around The Job write to address the often-quenching, with more important things At Home or work.

There are rules about who inherits property when someone dies without a last will and Testament. These are called, and may mean that a husband, wife or civil partner, or the children get it.

rules, But, according to this, a partner who is not married or in a registered partnership with, the deceased person gets Nothing .

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