Will Instruction Sheet fails as informal will

A solicitor's will instruction sheet was not admitted to probate as an informal will, in circumstances where the instruction sheets were incomplete in terms of what the deceased wanted included in his will and the deceased’s instructions were derived from different sources.  McMillan J was not satisfied that the document, standing alone, and without any alteration or reservation, … Continue reading Will Instruction Sheet fails as informal will

Leave to swear death for helicopter crash

The applicant's husband was the pilot of a helicopter that crashed into waters off Cape Tribulation.  The evidence suggested that he died in the accident but his body had not been found.  Leave was granted to swear death.  There was a discussion of whether such leave can be granted even though no probate application had yet been … Continue reading Leave to swear death for helicopter crash