90% of PII providers would recommend Certainty Will Register as an effective form of risk management.
There are many wills and probate professionals who use Certainty across the UK to register and search for wills. It’s said to be an extremely effective way to safeguard a will and reduce issues that arise following a client’s death.
The Certainty Will Search function can be utilised to find not only registered, but unregistered wills, managed by firms who aren’t current members of the register.
A wide variety of cases have been resolved using the search function, with many wills being thought to not even exist. This is considered to be a vital step in the probate process and can significantly reduce the possibility of probate claims being made.
Certainty have revealed some of their most significant wills and probate cases that have found the search function to be of great benefit. These include:
- The Guinness Book of Records memory holder: will found that was written in 1966.
- 3 wills found from the same testator from 1997, 2006 and 2012.
- Will found that ensured a charity received their £168,000 legacy.
- Will found from 2011 within hours of a financial institution was to divide an estate according to a will from 2001.
These few cases just show how important having a secure will can be. It’s the difference between your client’s assets being distributed to selected beneficiaries, or being inherited as they wished.
For more information on Certainty Will Register and Will Search, or to become a member, please email info@certainty.co.uk or call 0845 408 0404.
