Although the introduction of electronic Wills is expected to have a wide-reaching impact in the United Kingdom, many of which will be positive, there are also potential disadvantages.
Will writing solicitors in North Wales understand that creating a Will can have an impact on the whole family, and must consider that delicacies surrounding the overall process must be taken to make the Will making process as clear and as open as possible.
Although it has been acknowledged that electronic Wills can be of use to those who may not have the ability to travel to a legal advisor or to those who prefer to do their business online, it has also been accepted that there could be possible pitfalls. For example, many legal experts have expressed concern that these new types of Wills could lead to wider abuses of the testator. Coercive control may potentially be more easily introduced, and by using online Wills, also easier to cover up.
There has been a huge rise in the number of deep fake videos and those that have been made using artificial intelligence. There is, therefore, a possibility to consider that these technologies might be abused to forge Wills and to present false evidence of the processes that Wills solicitors in North Wales use in their offices on an everyday basis like witnessing the document and determining capacity.
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