UK Government Decides Not to Regulate Will Writing

The Legal Services Board protects the interests of consumersin the United Kingdom by overseeing legal regulations.  After a two year investigation, the LegalServices Board recommended that the Ministry of Justice regulate will writingafter finding “people’s lives were being ‘seriously damaged’ by incompetence ormisdemeanor when drafting wills.”

The Ministry of Justice agreed that there is room forimprovement, but rejected the notion that regulations were the rightsolution.  Although the Government willexplore other options to increase consumer confidence in will writing services,the risk of consumers being left with unsuitable wills with no recourse stillremains.

See Samuel Dale, Govt Rejects Calls to Regulate Will Writing,Money Marketing, May 15, 2013.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.