Perrins v Holland

Subject Matter

WILL — Validity — Testamentary capacity — Testator having testamentary capacity when giving instructions for will — Will drawn up in accordance with testator's instructions — Testator when executing will lacking full testamentary capacity but aware of its contents — Testator's intentions remaining unchanged at time of execution — Whether requirement that testator have testamentary capacity when will executed — Whether requirement that testator know of and approve contents of will importing need for testamentary capacity at date of execution — Whether sufficient that testator accepting contents as representing his true intention — Whether will valid

[2011] Ch 270; [2011] 2 WLR 1086

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