A survey conducted by the Law Society of England and Wales about whether to extend remote witnessing of wills beyond January 2022 has found that only a small proportion of solicitors have chosen to use it for their clients.
The survey was conducted during the Covid-19 lockdowns and asked 630 practitioners a series of questions about remote witnessing.
The survey discovered that 95 percent of respondents drafted wills during lockdowns, but only 14 percent who drafted wills used remo...