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Wills: Lost in translation
Henry Legge examines some oft-overlooked points concerning international testators ‘If a testator had non-UK nationality, the system of law applicable at the time of execution or their death will suffice. The classic case where this will crop up in English practice is where a testator is resident in England but has a non-UK passport.’In this …
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- Forgo (Cass Civ 1878 S 1878)
- In bonis Reid (1866) LR 1 P&D 74
- Marckx v Belgium [1979] ECHR 2
- Re Martin [1900] P 211
- Re Paget's Settlement [1965] 1 WLR 1046