Calls for Willie's Law after sick dad signed assets away

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Willie Johnston had no memory of signing assets worth £425,000 to his business partner before he died.

The family of a man who signed away almost half a million pounds of his assets on his deathbed are trying to change the law to protect vulnerable people.

Ms Lee told BBC Scotland News: "My dad was in hospital, he was in high dependency, he was on a lot of medical treatment, he was a vulnerable person."I don't think any medical professional would have said he was in a fit state to sign and make decisions like that." Ms Johnston-Brand believes her father's final few days were ruined by worry over what was going to happen to his farm and what he was leaving his family."We would have been able to sit with my dad, we would have been able to spend time reminiscing over memories that we had instead of trying to fight a situation that nobody should be put in," she said.

Dundee lawyer Stephen Forsyth of MML Law believes a change could help provide a level of protection for families and solicitors.

 

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