In South Africa, the Wills Act lays down strict rules for the validity of a Will. Therefore, even a slip of the pen can bury ...

The testator is the individual who creates and signs a will, outlining how they wish their assets to be distributed upon their death. This role is pivotal, as it ensures their final wishes are ...

The testator is the individual who creates and signs a will, outlining how they wish their assets to be distributed upon their death. This role is pivotal, as it ensures their final wishes are ...

Draft your will with clear intent, ensure proper execution, and attestation and registration to minimise potential disputes ...

The executor of an estate has numerous responsibilities, including tracking estate documents, recording the testator's preferences, and identifying estate assets. With proper preparation, you and ...

It had seemed, following Marley v Rawlings, that ‘clerical error’ would be interpreted as widely as possible to include, essentially, all errors made by the draftsman that resulted in a will which did ...

The High Court (before Mr Justice Herbert); judgment delivered 24 July 2000. Where a testator provides in a will for the appointment of A or B as executor, the clause is not necessarily void for ...

In Estate of Luce, the court of appeals affirmed a trial court’s admitting a will to probate where the decedent did not personally sign it and only communicating his desires by blinking. No. 02 ...

A will is an optionally registrable document under Section 18 (e) the Indian Registration Act, 1908. Accordingly, there is no compulsion on a testator to submit his will to the sub-registrar’s ...

The testator, Martin, made a will in hospital three hours before he died, leaving everything to his sister Anne. The will was witnessed by two nurses.

The Karnataka High Court has said that posthumous registration of the Will is not indicative of fraud. The Registration Act ...