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Capacity: Importance of the golden rule
Kevin Kennedy and Andrew Walls report on the test in Banks v Goodfellow ‘This judgment provides very significant support that the Banks v Goodfellow test is the sole test for the court to apply when judging testamentary capacity post mortem.‘ The High Court in James v James [2018] has ruled that the test in Banks …
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- Banks v Goodfellow (1869-70) LR 5 QB 549
- Bray v Pearce (2014) unreported High Court M H Rosen QC 6 March
- Fischer v Diffley & anor [2014] WTLR 757
- Gorjat v Gorjat [2010] EWHC 1537 (Ch)
- Hawes v Burgess & anor [2013] EWCA Civ 74; [2013] WTLR 453 CA
- James v James & ors [2018] EWHC 43 (Ch); [2018] EWHC 242 (Ch) (Costs)
- Kenward v Adams (1975) The Times 29 November
- Key & anor v Key & ors [2010] EWHC 408 (Ch); [2010] WTLR 623 ChD
- Kostic v Chaplin [2007] EWHC 2909 (Ch); [2007] EWHC 2298 (Ch); [2008] WTLR 655
- Perrins v Holland [2009] EWHC 1945 (Ch); [2009] WTLR 1387; [2009] EWHC 2558 (Ch); [2010] WTLR 1415; [2010] EWCA Civ 840; [2010] WTLR 95
- Re Simpson (1977) 121 SJ 224
- Scammell v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch); [2008] WTLR 1261
- Sharp & anor v Adam & ors [2005] EWCA Civ 449; [2006] WTLR 1059 CA
- Spiers v English [1907] P 122
- Walker v Badmin [2014] EWHC 71 (Ch); [2015] WTLR 493
- WTLR (w) 2010-4