"Anyone can be a witness to the signing of a will, as long as they are over the age of 18 and are not blind. A witness does not have to be a professional person, and they are not required to have any special qualifications.
You should ensure that your chosen witnesses are as independent as possible; ideal witnesses could be neighbours or work colleagues. A very important point to note is that is a beneficiary must never sign the will as a witness and neither should a close relative, such as a spouse of a beneficiary. Making this mistake would mean that they would lose their inheritance (section 15 Wills Act 1837)."
That sounds like Gran's brother signing won't be a problem. He's not a beneficiary, nor is he linked to any beneficiary.
BB- There'll be nowhere near 20K. Gran only receives state pension, pension credit and a quarterly £50 from a charity.
That's why we didn't feel we needed a solicitor when the will was first written.
My big grievance will be if the will turns out to be invalid, that her son (my uncle) will automatically be 'rewarded' anything in Gran's account. I am upset about this for 3 reasons: 1) He's never done anything for her in her entire life, especially since she's been diagnosed. He visits once a week (if that sometimes) and doesn't do anything for her. 2) When my Mum (his sister) died, he got Gran to pay for funeral flowers from him- he never paid her back. At that time, Gran put her current funeral savings towards payment for the funeral (1K at the time)- my uncle contributed nothing. 3) This is the most important one: it's completely against Gran's wishes as to where her assets will go upon her passing.
On the bright side, I've just had the LPA signed by the witness, signed it myself and have sent it off so at least that side of things will be sorted.
