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Wills: Attack on testamentary freedom?

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After Ilott v Mitson testators should be careful when excluding children from their will, as Emma Carey explains ‘The appeal and cross-appeal was heard in 2009 and the judge, Eleanor King J, found not only that the district judge had failed to apply the law properly, but also that he had erred in balancing the …

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Wills: Lost in translation

Henry Legge examines some oft-overlooked points concerning international testators ‘If a testator had non-UK nationality, the system of law applicable at the time of execution or their death will suffice. The classic case where this will crop up in English practice is where a testator is resident in England but has a non-UK passport.’In this …

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Wills: Right of way

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Charlotte Simm reviews a case that highlights the need for absolute clarity in will drafting ‘While the vesting of the legal estate in the properties was by force of the assents, in order to ascertain the legal position on the right of way it was legitimate to read and construe the assents and the will …

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