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Legal Services Bill [HL]

I am very puzzled by the Government’s attitude to wills. If one looks at paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, one finds that ““reserved instrument activities”” means preparing any instrument for transferring land and that ““instrument”” includes a contract for the sale or disposition of land, except a will. Why a disposition of land by me during my lifetime isa reserved instrument activity that has to be done by a qualified person but a disposition of land by me in my will is something that I can do without having my hand held is something that does not immediately commend itself to me as lucidly logical.