On 1 March 2024 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) responded to the #SaveOurWills petition, which currently has 15,349 signatures. The response contains sections cut-and-pasted from letters issued by the Minster and Secretary of State for Justice. I published a blog post critiquing the response which can be found here: https:// holtsfamilyhistoryresearch. co.uk/2024/03/04/willspetition-response/(https://tinyurl.com/5fyjk5v9)
More information has come to light in recent weeks which has changed my views on the matter.
The consultation & the law
The consultation asked at Question 1 and 2 whether or not the ‘the current law providing for the inspection of wills [should] be preserved’ and whether ‘there are any [suggested] reforms… to the current law’.(.
