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Charitable gifts: Needing a steer
A failure to correctly identify beneficiaries of charitable gifts in a will can result in the failure of that gift. Laura Abbott examines the factors that will be considered The original will file had been destroyed and so there was no evidence of the deceased’s precise instructions. The judge was therefore prepared to look at …
Cases Referenced
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- Knipe v British Racing Drivers’ Motor Sport Charity & ors [2020] WTLR 1333 Ch D
- Marley v Rawlings [2011] WTLR 595 ChD; [2012] WTLR 639 CA; [2014] WTLR 299 SC; [2014] WTLR 1511 SC (costs)