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Wills: Flexible interpretation
Fiona Campbell-White and Henrietta Watson discuss the current approach of the courts to the construction and rectification of wills ‘When interpreting a contract, the aim is to identify the intention of the party or parties to the document by interpreting the words used in their documentary, factual and commercial context without reference to any subjective …
Cases Referenced
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- Bell v Georgiou & anr [2002] EWHC 1080 (Ch); [2002] WTLR 1105 ChD
- Brooke & ors v Purton & ors [2014] WTLR 745
- Jump v Lister & anr [2016] EWHC 2160; [2017] WTLR 61 ChD
- Marley v Rawlings [2011] WTLR 595 ChD; [2012] WTLR 639 CA; [2014] WTLR 299 SC; [2014] WTLR 1511 SC (costs)
- Re Segelman [1996] Ch 171
- Reading & anr v Reading & ors [2015] EWHC 946 (Ch); [2015] WTLR 1245 ChD
- Slattery v Jagger [2015] EWHC 3976 (Ch)
- The Royal Society v Robinson [2015] EWHC 3442 (Ch)