'Easier' for relatives to weasel cash from wills after rise in challenges and flawed documents

It is now easier for estranged relatives to weasel out a chunk of cash from a dead family member's will following a major court ruling and a rise in dodgy cut-price online services, lawyers are warning. A judge's decision earlier this year to award unemployed Heather Illot at least £50,000 from her late, estranged mother's will, despite the whole £500,000 estate being left to charity, has given 'increased legal weight' to challenges. Jane Lee, a partner at law firm Panonne, says the ruling, which has now been rubber-stumped by the Supreme Court, could see a rise in people dying without a will, with one in seven already passing away intestate.

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