NSW Deceased Estate and Wills - Lawyer Made a Typo

Hi Jay, a little more information would be useful, to answer your request. What are you referring to when you say "is this legal?" Is what legal?

From what I can gather you are saying that the solicitor made a typo in the will, such that it says the estate will be divided between 8 beneficiaries instead of 5. Is this correct? If this is merely a typo, does the will name all 5 beneficiaries by name? And is the rest of the will consistent with the distribution to only 5 beneficiaries?

 

And sorry, where does the 8 come in? Was it a typo in an email from the solicitor?

 

I'm guessing the solicitors office has just put an 8 instead of a 5 in a notice to the beneficiaries.
Of course you could ask for this to be corrected but the solicitor will most likely charge the estate to correct their error.

 

No, the Will prevails. Emails between solicitors are not legally binding if they do not give effect to the wishes of the testator.