Many of you will have watched a TV show or film where the family or friends of a deceased meet in the lawyer’s office for “the reading of the Will”, often with dramatic revelations and surprises about the nature of the estate and who inherits it. In Scotland it is usually the executors named in the Will who have the initial meeting with the lawyers. Often, but not always, they are also beneficiaries of the estate. The meeting is usually much less dramatic as, in the majority of cases, the deceased is likely to have discussed the Will with his or her family during their lifetime.