Fraudulent calumny: Setting aside wills obtained by lies

Sir Oswald Cheung’s Chambers | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | October 2022 #237
Ken To and Catherine Hau explore the success of challenges to wills based on fraudulent calumny in recent English jurisprudence It was not necessary for the party seeking to establish fraudulent calumny to prove that it was the only cause of the change in the testator’s intentions as to his or her testamentary dispositions. It …

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Probate: An unusual occurrence

5 Stone Buildings | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | May 2022 #233
Toby Bishop describes when a reverse summary judgment in a probate claim may be necessary The Deputy Master concluded the allegations made against Ms Fuirer were so fanciful that they should never have been made. Because of the inquisitorial role of the court and the factual matrix surrounding the preparation and execution of wills, it …

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