Wills can be witnessed using video conferencing technology, thanks to an emergency COVID-19 executive measure. It defines ‘presence’ in statute for the first time
However, the Justice Secretary’s Order facilitating this has some ‘curious features’, solicitor Nick Bevan writes in NLJ. He scrutinises the legislative move, the run-up to it and the manner with which it was communicated.
Bevan identifies some mixed messages, half measures and missed opportunities. Moreover, he writes, there appear to be ‘two concurrent video will execution regimes in force’.
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