17 Sept 2018
KHOPHIMAI v LAURENSON NAYSMITH, NAYSMITH, NAYSMITH, HERBST, NAYSMITH AND NAYSMITH [2018] NZHC 2435
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2435
- Court
- High Court
The Court accepted the Police senior document examiner's expert opinion that the signature and witness details were authentic, accepted the credible oral evidence of the witness Rodney Stone about execution and testamentary intention, found no evidence of undue influence and no lack of testamentary capacity under Banks v Goodfellow, and therefore under s14 the handwritten document dated 7 June 2013 (signed 8 June 2013) expresses the deceased's testamentary intentions and is declared the valid will despite only one witness to signing.