Blyth v Sykes [2019] WTLR 419
Summer 2019 #175The deceased died a widow on 9 January 2016, aged 81. Among her possessions at the time of her death was an envelope containing a copy of a will executed on 11 April 2008 (the will). The envelope also contained an unsigned draft of the will and an invoice from solicitors in respect of its preparation. The original will was absent from the envelope and was never found. The copy had been certified by the solicitors on the same date that a codicil to the will was executed to the effect that it was a true copy of the original. The codicil did not interfere with the devolution of the estate s...