This affidavit is required to be filed to establish whether a will was executed in accordance with the requirements set out in the Wills Act 1997.
An affidavit of due execution is required in the following circumstances:
a) where the will was executed by a testator affixing their mark to the will;
b) where the will contains no attestation clause or the attestation clause is insufficient to afford evidence of due execution;
c) where the will bears no date of execution or there is doubt as to the date of execution;
d) where the will was or appears to have been executed by a blind or illiterate person or by another person at the direction of the testator;
e) in any other case in which it is required by the Registrar.
Such affidavit is to be completed (with additional paragraphs added if required) and then sworn/affirmed by at least one of the subscribing witnesses to the will.
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