My wife and I made identical but individual wills, of which one copy has been misplaced. The solicitor who drew them up has now retired. Do we need to make a new will, or is the original deposited somewhere?
Your executors will need to find your original wills following your deaths. If the solicitor was a sole practitioner and his firm no longer exists you could try to find out who took over his business. The Law Society has an inquiry desk (0207-320-5650) which may be able to help you. However if you appointed the solicitor executor of your wills you should now consider appointing someone else, and the simplest way of doing this is to make a new will.