Inglethorp, in consequence of a conversation on the
validity of wills, makes a will in favour of her husband, which the two gardeners witness.
If it is mortis causa, the donation must be in the form of a will, with all the formalities for the
validity of wills, otherwise it is void and cannot transfer ownership.
The four chapters cover the legal notion of the decedent, the substantive
validity of wills, the revocation of wills, and non-testamentary acts affecting the devolution of an estate.
Andrew Chandler, who is experienced in a range of matters including
validity of wills and fraud claims, has joined from the Birmingham office of DAC Beachcroft.
The reason for this is that there can be an argument for disputing the
validity of wills on the basis that the deceased did not have mental capacity to make it, or that they lacked knowledge and approval of it.
Nadelmann, The Formal
Validity of Wills and the Washington Convention 1973 Providing for the Form of an International Will, 22 AM.
Contests involving
validity of wills follow a well-worn path.