In re Naidoo, decd

Subject Matter

WILL — Mutual wills — Agreement — Testator and testatrix executing wills containing mutual wills agreement — Application to set aside mutual wills agreement for undue influence — Whether proper test that applicable to vitiation of wills or that applicable to setting aside of contract

[2023] EWHC 500 (Ch); [2023] 1 WLR 2162; [2023] WLR(D) 124, Ch D

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: In re Naidoo, decd [2023] EWHC 500 (Ch); [2023] 1 WLR 2162; [2023] WLR(D) 124, Ch D

Allcard v Skinner 36 Ch D 145; 36 ChD 145, CA

BV Nederlandse Industrie van Eiprodukten v Rembrandt Enterprises Inc [2019] EWCA Civ 596; [2020] QB 551; [2019] 3 WLR 1113; [2019] 4 All ER 612; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 501; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 491; [2019] WLR (D) 217, CA

Barclays Bank plc v O’Brien [1993] UKHL 6; [1994] 1 AC 180; [1993] 3 WLR 786; [1993] 4 All ER 417, HL(E)

Birmingham v Renfrew (1937) 57 CLR 666

Bourne v Swan & Edgar Ltd [1903] 1 Ch 211, Ch D

Charles (Charles Marilyn) v Fraser (Jill Deborah) [2010] EWHC 2154 (Ch), Ch D

Edkins v Hopkins [2016] EWHC 2542 (Ch), Ch D

Face v Cunningham [2020] EWHC 3119 (Ch), Ch D

Fry v Densham- Smith [2010] EWCA Civ 1410, CA

Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd (The Great Peace) [2002] EWCA Civ 1407; [2003] QB 679; [2002] 3 WLR 1617; [2002] 4 All ER 689; [2002] 2 All ER (Comm) 999; [2002] 2 Lloyd's Rep 653, CA

Hammond v Osborn [2002] EWCA Civ 885, CA

Hatch v Hatch (1804) 9 Ves 292

Hourani v Thomson [2017] EWHC 432 (QB), QBD

In The Estate of Mary Heys, Deceased [1914] P 192, PDA

In re Cleaver, decd [1981] 1 WLR 939; [1981] 2 All ER 1018, Ch D

In re Coomber [1911] 1 Ch 723, CA

In re Dale, decd [1994] Ch 31; [1993] 3 WLR 652; [1993] 4 All ER 129, Ch D

In re Goodchild, decd [1997] 1 WLR 1216; [1997] 3 All ER 63; [1997] 2 FLR 644, CA

In the Matter of the Estate of Winifred Victoria Edwards (Deceased) v Edwards [2007] EWHC 1119 (Ch), Ch D

Lindsay Petroleum Co v Hurd LR 5 PC 221, PC

NT1 v Google llc (Information Commissioner intervening) [2018] EWHC 799 (QB); [2019] QB 344; [2018] 3 WLR 1165; [2018] 3 All ER 581; [2018] WLR (D) 225, QBD

Naidoo v Naidu The Times, 1 November 2000

Niersmans (Maureen) v Pesticcio (Bernard) [2004] EWCA Civ 372, CA

R v Barton [2020] EWCA Crim 575; [2021] QB 685; [2020] 3 WLR 1333; [2020] 4 All ER 742; [2020] 2 Cr App R 7; [2020] WLR (D) 264; The Times, 16 June 2020, CA

Reimers v Druce (1857) 23 Beav 145

Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2) [2001] UKHL 44; [2002] 2 AC 773; [2001] 3 WLR 1021; [2001] 4 All ER 449; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 1061; [2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep 343; [2001] 3 FCR 481; (2001) 151 NLJ 1538; The Times, 17 October 2001, HL(E)

Sheikh v Malik [2018] EWHC 973 (Ch); [2018] 4 WLR 86; [2018] WLR(D) 282, Ch D

Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation v Carvel [2007] EWHC 1314 (Ch); [2008] Ch 395; [2008] 2 WLR 1234; [2007] 4 All ER 81, Ch D

Thompson v Foy [2009] EWHC 1076; [2010] 1 P & CR 16

Turkey (Khalid Ali Ismail) v (1) Awadh (Adnan Mohammed) (2) Turki (Aziza Khalid Ali Ismail) [2005] EWCA Civ 382, CA

Walsh v Greystone Financial Services Ltd [2019] EWHC 1719 (Ch), Ch D

Wright v Hodgkinson [2004] EWHC 3091 (Ch), Ch D

Commentary

Gatehouse Chambers
When undue influence and mutual wills collide: Naidoo v Barton [2023] EWHC 500 (Ch) Case comment