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Mental-capacity-law [2019] JRC 170

In the matter of N (Capacity) 03-Sep-2019

In the matter of N (Capacity) 03-Sep-2019 [2019] JRC 170 (03 September 2019)

The Royal Court held that Jersey’s lucid-interval rule survives the Capacity and Self-Determination (Jersey) Law 2016, subject to the statutory capacity test.

  • Testamentary-capacity
  • Lucid-interval
  • Delegation-and-curatorship
  • Repeal-of-customary-law
  • Execution-of-wills-for-persons-lacking-capacity
  • Capacity-law
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Probate [1982] JLR 125

Davies v Stirling

Davies v Stirling [1982] JLR 125 (02 April 1982)

In a probate dispute, the court held that although the burden usually lies on a will contestant, clear evidence of mental illness shifts it to the will’s समर्थaining party to prove a lucid interval.

  • Burden-of-proof
  • Testamentary-capacity
  • Probate
  • Lucid-interval
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