Court Cases

A case involving a challenge to a will where the Supreme Court of Ghana addressed the requirements for a valid will, including the testator's sound disposing mind (mental capacity) at...

A landmark civil rights case establishing that a state cannot constitutionally confine a nondangerous individual who is capable of surviving safely in freedom, even if mentally ill. This case touches...

Addressed the capacity to refuse medical treatment. The Court affirmed that capacity is decision-specific and a person must be able to understand the information relevant to the treatment and appreciate...

Established the common law test for testamentary capacity (capacity to make a Will), which remains the standard in England and Wales....

An attorney-in-fact (agent) under a Durable Power of Attorney transferred the principal’s assets to himself and family members. The principal later challenged the transfers, claiming breach of fiduciary duty....

A father executed a Deed of Gift transferring land to his children. After his death, extended family members contested the gift, claiming it was invalid and that the land belonged...

Heather Ilott, estranged from her mother for decades, was left out of her mother’s Will. The mother left her £486,000 estate to animal charities. Ilott challenged the Will under the...

A donor granted a general Power of Attorney (POA) to one child, then later appointed another child in a second POA. The case examined whether the donor had the required...

In this case, a testator purportedly gifted part of land (shops and rooms) to one defendant (his daughter) via a Deed of Gift executed in 1999. Another defendant (her brother)...

A woman (Beryl Parsonage) made two successive Wills. The first Will mostly benefited one child. The second Will attempted to divide her estate equally among her four children. After her...