Three times as many people over 65 live in BC today as compared with 35 years ago. This aging demographic, coupled with the surge in demand for wills resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, means that challenges to the validity of wills will become more frequent. Wills and estates lawyers are vulnerable.
The number one cause of claims for wills and estates lawyers? Oversights — primarily clerical mistakes in drafting wills and just forgetting to take some step that needs to be taken.
Claims Counsel, Leanne Wood, will describe an actual will-drafting mistake from one of our claim files in this video.
Find out even more information about common mistakes in wills and estates here.
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