FIRST STATUTORY WILLS DECISION under the Succession Act.

Autor: Meek, Michael, Kako, Ramena
Zdroj: Law Society Journal; Aug2009, Vol. 47 Issue 7, p64-67, 4p, 3 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: The article discusses a pre-empted-capacity case wherein the Supreme Court, through Justice Palmer, under the Succession Act 2006, have made order authorising statutory wills for persons without testamentary Capacity. Justice Palmer reviewed the applications Re Fenwick and Re Charles, which showed that applicants are lacking testamentary capacity, and also authorized the proposed will and codicil. The procedure and issues in future applications for court-approved wills are discussed.
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