Witnessing your Will

When making a will it must be made of your own volition and without any outside pressure from people who might benefit from you making a will.
When your Will is complete, you need to sign it in the presence of two witnesses, both of whom must add their own signatures - that makes it into a legal document. To keep the process of making a will above board, neither a witness nor their spouse can benefit from your Will. If any of them is due to inherit, they can still be a witness to you making a will, but it means they can't benefit from the Will.

If your circumstances change, you might want to change your Will. If you just want to make small amendments such as a change of name then you can add a codicil. However if major changes are required, then it is easier to consider making a will again. Like the original Will, it needs to be signed and also have the signatures of two witnesses to become a legal document, although they don't have to be the same people who signed the original Will.
You can destroy a Will by tearing it up or burning it - but you have to do it yourself, or it must be done while you're there. You also need to make sure that your new Will has a clause revoking all prior wills.

Making a will is possibly the most important document you will ever sign for the benefit of your family.

I have a blog which highlights the importance of Will writing and covers the reasons as to why one should write a Will. It was stated that over 70% of the UK population do not have a Will, therefore i set out to create a source of information online to assist those that do not have a Will and point the reasons as to why you should write a Will.