Wills & Trusts Law Reports | March 2017 #167This was a claim to construe a will or, in the alternative to rectify it. Mr Michael Crowley-Milling (the deceased) died on 24 December 2012. His wife had pre-deceased him and he was survived by one niece, Mrs Lorna Joy Robinson and the children of his other niece (who had predeceased him) James Masterman and Rebecca Masterman (the next of kin). The deceased was a distinguished scientist and had decided to leave the bulk of his estate to the Royal Society.
The deceased left two wills: a Swiss will from February 2006 (the Swiss will) and an English will from October 2009 (the 2009 ...
Kathryn Purkis examines the meaning of ‘United Kingdom’ in wills and trusts documents ‘Not every case in which the phrase “United Kingdom” is used inappositely will be able to be dealt with by arguments of construction.’In The Royal Society v Robinson [2015], Nugee J had to construe the following provision in a will made in …
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