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Marley v Rawlings

[2014] UKSC 2; [2015] AC 129
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom
Year2015
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A will is to be interpreted using the same principles as a commercial contract — by identifying the testator's intention from the words used in their documentary, factual and commercial context — and where a testator mistakenly executes the wrong document, that document is 'a will' capable of rectification for clerical error under section 20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.

Area of Law

General

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