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Mutual Wills: Can a mirror will be changed?
John Dickinson assesses whether a proprietary estoppel solution can replace the need for a binding contract ‘Under the doctrine of mutual wills, there is a need for a legally binding contract as opposed to a mere moral obligation not to depart from the terms of the original will.’ HHJ Matthews, sitting as a judge of …
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- Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1928 (Comm)
- Charles v Fraser [2010] EWHC 2154 (Ch); [2010] WTLR 1489
- Fry v Densham-Smith [2010] EWCA Civ 1410; [2011] WTLR 387
- Goodchild & anor v Goodchild [1996] 1 WLR 694; [1997] EWCA Civ 1611
- Healey v Brown [2002] EWHC 1405 (Ch); [2002] WTLR 849
- Legg & anor v Burton & ors [2017] EWHC 2088 (Ch)
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- Walters v Olins [2008] WTLR 1449
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