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Testamentary capacity: Goodfellow for our times
Lucinda Brown and Judith Swinhoe-Standen consider delusions and testamentary capacity following Clitheroe v Bond Given the varying circumstances of testators, there is unsurprisingly a considerable grey area in defining what kinds of beliefs are delusional for the purposes of testamentary capacity. The judgment of Clitheroe v Bond, handed down on 4 May 2021, was eagerly …
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- Banks v Goodfellow (1869-70) LR 5 QB 549
- Boughton & Marston v Knight (1873) LR 3 P&D 64
- Clitheroe v Bond [2020] EWHC 1185 (Ch)
- Dew v Clark (1826) 3 Add 79
- James v James [2018] WTLR 1313 Ch D
- Scammell v Farmer [2008] WTLR 1261 Ch D
- Smith v Tebbitt (1865-9) LR 1 P&D 3981
- Walker v Badmin [2015] WTLR 493 Ch D