Wills and Inheritance

[Barmaid]

I have agreed (rather stupidly) to go and give a couple of talks on Wills and Inheritance to a local women's group. Now I am quite used to lecturing other lawyers, but this group are NOT lawyers and their only interest is as Josephine Public.

If you were attending such a talk, how could I make it more interesting for you? I was thinking of splitting it into 3 sections

1 the general stuff (ie who can and can't be an exec, what a Grant of Probate is, what the intestacy rules are, why it is important to leave a Will)
2 Some general fallacies concerning Wills and Probate - you know myth debunking and all that
3 Some funny/disturbing stories and interesting miscellaneous stuff, like the shortest will, an imposter to a will/murder case, fighting over a biscuit barrel at the RCJ late one night etc

What would YOU find interesting?

[Barmaid]

You have all give me some extremely useful pointers for which I thank you.

I will let you know how it goes and will probably publish the details on here (courtesy of the Ed).

TonyV, I would be interested to see the will of which you speak - throwaway email addy is [e-mail].

As always, I am happy to answer your wills questions on here!!!

[Steve.5]

What ever you decide barmaid, why not open up the debate with the old cliche.
Where there`s a will, there`s always a relative.

[TonyV]

Barmaid - will send you details in the morning - ok?