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United Kingdom knowledge and approvalprobate

Gill v Woodall

[2010] EWCA Civ 1430
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2011
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a will has been duly executed by a testator who had testamentary capacity, the court should normally approach the question of knowledge and approval as a single holistic exercise asking whether the testator understood and approved the contents, rather than mechanically applying a two-stage 'suspicious circumstances' test.

Area of Law

General

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