Welcome to the Institute of Professional Willwriters

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The Institute of Professional Willwriters was founded in 1991 as a self-regulatory body to safeguard the public from unqualified practitioners and unethical business practices.

Membership is available only to those who pass the IPW entrance examination, or an equivalent run by the Law Society, the Institute of Legal Executives or the Chartered Institute of Bankers. Members are required to update their knowledge and skills annually through a programme of Continuing Professional Development in order to retain their practising certificate.

All IPW members have Professional Indemnity Insurance cover to a minimum of £2million, and subscribe to a rigorous Code of Practice backed up by a disciplinary code.

Clients can be assured that, by dealing with an IPW member, they will receive a service that is professional, ethical and competent.

Members of the public

will find useful information about why they should write a Will, matters they should consider when doing so, and other related matters by browsing the public pages.

Professionals

who wish to operate their practices to the highest professional standards can find out what the IPW can do for them.

The contents of these pages are published as an information guide only, and are not a definitive guide to the law. The Institute of Professional Willwriters accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions on this site, or any site to which these pages connect.

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