Hearings
England & Wales
14 Dec 2010 [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] Ch 380; [2011] 3 WLR 85; [2010] WLR (D) 328, CA
Gill v Woodall
Subject Matter
WILL — Validity — Testator's knowledge and approval — Husband and wife making mutual wills leaving property to each other with residuary legacy to charity but no provision for only child — Testatrix suffering from psychiatric condition at time of execution of will — Testator predeceasing testatrix — No change made to testatrix's will — Whether testatrix knowing and approving contents of will — Whether issue of knowledge and approval to be determined by single or two-stage process — Whether will valid
Appellate History
Gill v Woodall [2009] EWHC 834 (Ch)
Decision of James Allen QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division affirmed on different grounds
Gill v Woodall [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] Ch 380; [2011] 3 WLR 85; [2010] WLR (D) 328, CA