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THE LAW AROUND UNSIGNED WILLS: [an Article by listed attorney Fawzia Khan]
What happens if at the time of your death there are several documents, all declaring to be your last will and testament, (including emails to and from your attorney about certain amendments to be made into the will)? Just because a document says ‘last will and testament’, is no guarantee that upon your demise, that the document will be accepted as your last and final will.
The Master of the Court will not accept a will as being the last will of a testator, if that will does not comply with the strict requirements of the Wills Act. Amongst the requirements needed for a valid will to be executed, is the rule that a person who witnesses a will, shall be disqualified from receiving any benefit from that will. However if the court is satisfied that that person did not defraud or unduly influence the testator in the execution of the will, it can nevertheless allow such a witness to benefit
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