Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2014 #143The claimant claimed as the administratrix of the estate of Ellen Bolton (Ellen) for rectification of a deed of variation by which she had purported to vary the will of Hilda Bolton (Hilda).
Hilda had died on 6 February 2006. Her sister, Ellen, died on 11 September 2007. By her last will Hilda had benefited Ellen in two respects: as the beneficiary of a specific devise of a particular freehold property (the property) at clause 2(a) of the will and also as the sole residuary beneficiary under clause 5 of the will. As Ellen survived Hilda these gifts took effect. The gifts were char...
Katherine Harper examines Chisholm and Ashcroft, two recent cases concerning rectification ‘Rectification is a discretionary remedy whereby the court will correct a written instrument, which does not accord with the parties’ true intentions at the time of its making.’The two recent cases of Chisholm v Chisholm [2011] and Ashcroft v Barnsdale [2010] concern applications to …
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