This has arisen as a side issue on another thread, but since it's a bit of a derail, I thought I'd ask properly here.
Has anyone had any problems with wills which have charity bequests in them?
I have rewritten my will (was going to anyway, for other reasons - it needed updating) and have removed a charity bequest from it, with regret, because the charity are doing something I fundamentally disagree with and think is contrary to their stated aims. I was going to write to them and tell them about this, with the reasons I have done it, but several others on here have advised me to not do this as, should I fall under a bus tomorrow, the charity's legal team will pursue my estate for the bequest anyway.
Can they do this? Is this really a common thing? If my will is properly drawn up, by a solicitor, and I am in sound mind, how can the charity even try?
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Putting a charity into a will - potential problems
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ArcheryAnnie · 22/11/2017 10:14
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