Wills: Older People
Commons · Question 40319 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Warinder Juss
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards exist for (a) vulnerable and (b) elderly people when (i) wills and (ii) codicils are prepared for them.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 31 Mar 2025
There are various safeguards in statute (principally the Wills Act 1837) and the common law in relation to the making of wills and codicils. The law requires that a testator must have the necessary testamentary capacity to make a will, and for that will t...