Advisers always warn about the importance of having an official Will, but the message often gets lost, with recent research from Collyer Bristow claiming 68 percent of UK adults earning over £50,000 don’t have a valid Will.

However, every so often a case catches the media’s attention, which highlights why having a valid Will is so important.

One of these cases is that of Gary Mendez, a 57 year-old who made a Will leaving his house and whole estate to his taxi driver Dean Hughes, over a pint in a pub three months before he passed away in May 2016. But, rather than inheriting Mr Mendez’ £160,000 house, Mr Hughes n...