Catchwords:

SUCCESSION – contested probate – knowledge and approval – suspicious circumstances – significance of reading out will to capable testator – whether reading out will to capable testator who executes it will discharge onus on propounder – whether sufficient to establish knowledge of contents of will or whether it may be necessary to establish knowledge of its effect – consideration of Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 – consideration of “mistake doctrine” – significance of statutory power to rectify wills

SUCCESSION – contested probate – severance of testamentary instruments – power to admit only those clauses to probate of which testator has been shown to have known and approved – distinction between omitted clauses which confer bequests and omitted clauses which confer power – Osborne v Smith (1960) 105 CLR 153; [1960] HCA 89 considered and explained

SUBPOENAS – production of documents – redaction of parts of documents on ground of relevance – distinction between redaction for privilege and redaction for relevance