This article looks at the growing trend for disappointed beneficiaries to challenge testator's testamentary provisions, and examines the case of Larke v. Nugus, which confirmed that a solicitor's professional duty is to supply information surrounding the execution of a will to those who might...

This article considers the formality for a testator to make a valid will, and discusses how readily a testator's wishes can be ignored after death when he is no longer capable of expressing them. It looks then at the means by which a will can be made for someone who lacks mental capacity to do...