Yesterday was a particularly proud day for all of us at P.G. McMahon Solicitors LLP as our newly qualified solicitor, Grace McKinley was formally introduced to Judge Carol Anne Coolican at Newcastle West District Court.

An article by Mary Carolan in last Wednesday's Irish Times certainly sent a small shiver down my spine as a practising solicitor.

One problem that sometimes crops up in probate is proving that a will was properly executed when the witnesses can't be found.

When I began my career as a trainee solicitor with PG McMahon Solicitors in 1994, the practice of drafting wills looked very different from today.