New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Draft will

Legal area

Court

11 Feb 2019

ESTATE OF HAZAK-COLLEY [2019] NZHC 117

Citation

[2019] NZHC 117
Court

High Court

The court was satisfied the draft document expressed the deceased's testamentary intentions and the drafting infelicity was a redundancy rather than a contradiction; accordingly the document was declared a valid will, supported by consent of those entitled on intestacy.
3 Apr 2014

BLACKWELL & ANOR v HOLLINGS & ORS [2014] NZHC 667

Citation

[2014] NZHC 667
Court

High Court

The draft will was declared the valid will of Robert Stanley Chambers because it appeared to be a will, was not executed in compliance with s11, came into existence in New Zealand, and expressed the deceased's testamentary intentions, meeting the requirements of s14 Wills Act 2007.