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The High Court has admitted a 2020 Will to probate alongside the Codicil, despite the Codicil's erroneous reference to a previous 2015 Will. The court found that the reference to the 2015 Will did not demonstrate an intention to revive it, as required by statute. Consequently, the 2020 Will, which contained a more generous charitable bequest, was not revoked by the Codicil and remains valid.
Codicil, Will, Probate, Revocation, Succession Act 1965, Intention to Revive, Charitable Bequest, Residuary Clause, Typographical Error, Armchair Principle, Extrinsic Evidence, Revival of Wills, Testamentary Intention, In re Steele, Brennan v. O'Donnell, McLeod v. McNab, High Court.
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