# WILL STORAGE AND SAFEKEEPING AGREEMENT
Date: 15 August 2037
Parties: Margaret Lewis and Hawthorn Wills Ltd
## 1. Purpose and parties
Margaret Lewis deposits the original will dated 1 August 2037 with Hawthorn Wills Ltd at its Leeds office. The provider records the will reference HW-2037-118, the depositor's identification and the sealed storage location, but does not give probate, tax or testamentary advice under this agreement.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
The provider will keep the document secure, restrict access to authorised staff and issue a receipt. Margaret may request retrieval or replacement by written instruction with proportionate identity evidence. The annual storage fee is £90, payable on 1 September, and the provider must notify her before any fee change.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
On receiving reliable evidence of death, Hawthorn Wills Ltd will follow the recorded notification procedure and release the original only to the executor, personal representative or other person legally entitled after appropriate checks. The parties should update addresses and emergency contacts, and the agreement does not itself make or revoke a will.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
The parties should retain the relevant contract, notice, invoices, records and correspondence, and restrict access to personal or confidential information to those who need it. The stated amounts and dates are fictional worked-example facts and require checking against source records.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
If the issue is not resolved, the parties should identify the appropriate next step, which may include an internal process, mediation, court or regulator. Silence or part performance is not treated as acceptance or waiver.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
This document is a general fictional example, not individual legal advice and not a guarantee of eligibility, liability or outcome. Where necessary, an independent professional should check the facts and current law.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional sample is made on the date above under the law of England and Wales and subject to mandatory protections. It does not exclude any right, liability or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.