8 Jun 2015
WHEELER v SOMERFIELD [2015] NZHC 1269
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 1269
- Court
- High Court
The court validated the intended codicil under s14 because the primary testamentary intention to vest sums in close friends was clearly expressed in the documents as a whole; a factual misapprehension about the mother's entitlement did not defeat validation where the only affected beneficiary consented and the codicil plainly reflected the testator's intention.