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Khatun v. Hasan & Anor [2025] EWHC 1658 (Ch)

A sole beneficiary fails to prove validity of a Will where circumstances surrounding the execution of the Will aroused the suspicion of the Court, despite ‘first hand evidence of those claiming to have been directly involved in the drafting, witnessing and execution’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2025/1658

Packer v. Packer [2025] EWHC 461 (Ch)

The presumption of revocation applies where a testator gave instructions to his sister to draft his Will, in the absence of his wife, but subsequently was told that the Will was invalid, and which could not be located after his death: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2025/461

Bonham v. Stringer & Ors [2025] EWHC 28 (Ch)

On the true construction of the Will the Trust Fund should be divided into three equal shares, and it is not necessary to rectify the Will so as to replace the word ‘four’ with the word ‘three’: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2025/28

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