Practice – testamentary capacity

September 2024 | Wills, probate and administration
An experienced wills practitioner failed to grasp how capacity is to be assessed. This was a contested wills case with a complex background involving business transactions and a family at war. A particularly lengthy judgment followed a four-week trial. T was a successful businessman who died in March 2021 leaving four adult children. He left …
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