Recent Cases

Anderson v Yongpairojwong [2024] NSWCA 220 (12 September 2024) (Bell CJ, Leeming and Mitchelmore JJA)


Catchwords:


SUCCESSION – Contested grant of Thai will – Executed in circumstances where testatrix ill with cancer – Primary judge held testator had capacity – Relevance of absence of medical records suggesting a lack of capacity – Primary judge taking into account universe of evidence – Suspicious circumstances – Whether established – Desirability of pleading or particularising suspicious circumstances