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Probate [2025] SGFC 128

XVQ v XVR & Anor

The court upheld a 2020 will, finding it was duly executed, the deceased had testamentary capacity, and the Plaintiff failed to prove undue influence or misrepresentation.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Knowledge and approval of will
  • Undue influence
  • Formal execution of wills
  • Suspicious circumstances
  • Hdb trust restrictions
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Succession and wills [2025] SGHC(A) 15

XBP v XBO

Appeal over probate of a 2012 will dismissed. The court found the testator had testamentary capacity and knew and approved the will’s contents.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Knowledge and approval of will
  • Suspicious circumstances
  • Medical evidence
  • Burden of proof
  • Attesting witnesses
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Probate [2025] SGHCF 43

XGP

The High Court dismissed a probate revocation application for being procedurally improper, unsupported by proof of service, identity, or beneficiary consent.

  • Grant of probate
  • Revocation of probate
  • Contentious vs non-contentious probate proceedings
  • Service of process
  • Standing/identity
  • Consent of beneficiaries
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Civil procedure [2025] SGHCF 9

WVD & 2 Ors v WUR & 11 Ors

The High Court dismissed an application for more time to appeal in a probate dispute, finding the 47-day delay unexplained, the appeal meritless, and prejudice likely.

  • Appeal
  • Extension of time
  • Fiduciary duties
  • Executor duties
  • Costs
  • Account of estate
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Succession and wills [2025] SGHCF 4

XAT v XAU & Anor

Appeal dismissed in a will challenge involving testamentary capacity, forgery and undue influence after the testator signed the will shortly after surgery.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Will validity
  • Undue influence
  • Forgery
  • Burden of proof
  • Appellate review
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Succession and wills [2024] SGHCF 39

WZK & Anor v WZJ

The High Court dismissed cross-appeals over whether a disputed December 2017 will revoked an earlier May 2017 will and whether the executrix should be removed.

  • Revocation of earlier will by later instrument
  • Execution and attestation of wills
  • Authenticity of signature and thumbprint
  • Burden of proof for proving a will
  • Removal/replacement of executor
  • Litigation privilege for expert reports
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Succession and wills [2024] SGHCF 36

XBO v XBP

The court held that the testator had testamentary capacity when he executed the 2012 Will, which revoked the 2011 Will. Probate was granted to the plaintiff.

  • Testamentary capacity
  • Will revocation
  • Undue influence
  • Medical evidence on capacity
  • Witness credibility
  • Costs in probate actions
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Succession and wills [2024] SGHCF 28

WWI v WWJ

The High Court dismissed an appeal over competing wills, upholding findings that the 2nd and 3rd Wills were invalid for lack of testamentary capacity.

  • Will validity
  • Revocation of probate
  • Lasting power of attorney
  • Family disputes over estate
  • Mental capacity assessment
  • Testamentary-capacity
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Succession and wills [2024] SGHC 53

JULIAN FREDERICK YU LIM V LIM PENG ON & ANOR

The High Court construed a will and codicil on grandson-beneficiary eligibility, but held the claimant failed the custody, care and control condition and dismissed the claim.

  • Will construction
  • Codicil interpretation
  • Beneficiary qualification
  • Custody care and control
  • Admissibility of hearsay (s 32 ea 1893)
  • Will-construction
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Family law [2023] SGHCF 37

WPA v WPB & 3 Ors

The High Court Family Division dismissed a registrar’s appeal seeking specific discovery in a probate dispute, holding the requested documents were not relevant or necessary.

  • Discovery
  • Probate disputes
  • Executor duties and conflicts of interest
  • Revocation of probate
  • Relevance and necessity for discovery
  • Specific-discovery
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