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Residuary Gifts: Intention not precedent
Spurling v Broadhurst confirms the court’s current approach in placing emphasis on the intention of the testator rather than strict rules of will construction. Daisy Boulter investigates ‘The court in Spurling took a broad range of evidence into account, including the testator’s characteristics, in deciding how to construe the gift in remainder clause.’ In Spurling …
Cases Referenced
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- Blech v Blech [2002] WTLR 483
- Houston v Burns [1918] AC 337
- Re Dale, Mayer v Wood [1931] 1 Ch 357
- Re Walbran, Milner v Walbran [1906] 1 Ch 64
- Sammut v Manzi [2009] WTLR 1051
- Spurling v Broadhurst [2012] WTLR 1813
- Thomas v Kent [2007] WTLR 177