Scottish lawyer lost papers

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I need a copy of my late father's will my lawyer can't find it what do I do I have been asking for 2 months now

Presumably the solicitor held the original will and has lost it. Why do you need a copy of the will as opposed to the original will?

I need a copy of the will I don't have one at all so copy or original would do ?

You will need the original Will if you need to apply for Confirmation
Was it held by the solicitor
If there is a copy it needs a court action to allow the Will to be used
If no copy it’s an intestate estatre

If you are not the executor, you have no entitlement to receive the original will. If you are the executor, you will likely need the original (as above post).

It's for my mum she was the executor we need the original I think ? What happens if he has lost it though?

If the solicitor was storing the original will and has lost it, then insist that the solicitor applies to the sheriff court for a decree, on the executor’s behalf, and at no cost to the executor, by an action of ‘proving the tenor of a lost will’.

The solicitor will not want to do this.

Contact the Managing partner and say if you and mother does. not have the Will within 7 days you will lodge a complaint