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Testamentary Capacity: Satisfying Banks v Goodfellow
Simon v Byford demonstrates that the courts will not set aside lightly a will because the testator has failing cognitive faculties. Harriet Atkinson and Zahra Kanani analyse the case ‘The case highlights that for testamentary capacity to be present, the test in Banks v Goodfellow must be satisfied.’ There has been a sharp rise in …
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