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United Kingdom testamentary capacityknowledge and approval

Blackman v Man

[2007] EWHC 3162 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)
Year2007
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Where want of testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval are alleged so as to put the propounder to proof, the will is nonetheless upheld if, applying Banks v Goodfellow and on the whole of the evidence, the propounder establishes that the testator had capacity and knew and approved the contents on the balance of probabilities.

Area of Law

General

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