An expert lawyer has warned the soaring popularity of free-will writing services could see families miss out on their inheritance. In recent years, many leading charities have begun offering people the chance to have a legacy drawn up without cost in exchange for leaving a sum to the organisation.
But this could leave those making these types of wills more vulnerable to their wishes going unfulfilled it has been claimed. This is because people think that all wills do the same thing so tend not to pay more to have a bespoke will prepared, however free wills tend to be basic in nature and may offer little protection from the twists and turns of modern family life.
Paul King, founder and CEO of will specialists April King Legal, said: “British people are renowned for being incredibly generous and many of us like to leave money in our wills for charities and causes close to our hearts. This is an important tradition for us to uphold, but we must be careful exactly how we do it or we can leave our families at risk of a range of problems after we die.
