Web-Cam Wills in legal press

E.L.M. Legal Services’ latest innovative service, Web-Cam Wills has been profiled in the Law Society Gazette.

The piece, which considers the steps legal services have taken ensure the continuation of services to its clients in the Covid-19 climate. Introducing the article, the Gazette poses the question of what the “new normal” in legal services looks like.

Recognising the difficulty for will writing providers who traditionally rely upon face to face visits, the article says

For obvious reasons, wills and probate has seen a spurt of creativity. Bristol firm ELM Legal Services has created a ‘webcam wills service’ in which clients have a virtual meet-and-greet followed by a 90-minute webcam consultation to devise an estate plan, all of which is recorded. Once the will has been drafted it is converted into a password-protected PDF file and – when lockdown is over – issued as a hard copy.

Reads the full article here: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/news-focus-coronavirus-is-incubator-of-invention-for-law-firms/5104114.article