THE new inheritance law is a revolution that will replace certainty with doubt, according to a group of leading advocates.

They have written a joint letter to the Guernsey Press outlining their concerns about the law, which goes before the States for final approval this month.

Deputies last year backed legal reforms designed to change the current set-up, which makes islanders unable to disinherit their immediate family, to one with full testamentary freedom – where they can leave property to whoever they wish.

But the advocates, who include Rupert Evans, St John Robilliard and Alison Ozanne, said the new legislation did not achieve what was intended and, although it abolishes the existing arrangements, it also gives the courts more powers to interfere with someone’s estate.

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