Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2023 #193Mr Hartar Singh Sangha made a will in 2007 dealing with both his English assets and his Indian assets. The 2007 will was executed as follows: Mr Sangha signed the will in the presence of one witness; that witness then signed the will; the second witness then entered, Mr Sangha acknowledged his signature in the presence of both witnesses and the second witness signed the will. In 2016, Mr Sangha made a further will in India dealing with his Indian assets. The 2016 will was declared to be Mr Sangha’s last will and contained a revocation clause revoking ‘all such previous documents’.
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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