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Will construction: Context is key
Interpreting wills is not a question of dictionary definitions. Elis Gomer examines a case that underscores this principle It is unhelpful to stick too dogmatically to the ‘dictionary’ meaning of a word or term when there is a likelihood that it is being used – for whatever reason – in an unconventional way. The recent …
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- Arbuthnott v Fagan [1995] CLC 1396
- Eade v Hogg & ors [2021] EWHC 1057; [2021] WTLR 507 ChD
- Guthrie v Morel & ors [2015] EWHC 3172 (Ch); [2016] WTLR 273 ChD
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28
- Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19
- Marley v Rawlings [2014] UKSC 51; [2014] WTLR 1511 SC (costs)
- Marley v Rawlings & anr [2014] UKSC 2; [2014] WTLR 299 SC
- Partington v Rossiter [2021] EWCA Civ 1564; [2022] WTLR 257 CA
- Perrin v Morgan [1943] AC 399
- Re Harrison (1885) 30 Ch D 390
- The Royal Society v Robinson & ors [2015] EWHC 3442 (Ch); [2017] WTLR 299 ChD