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Will declared void for uncertainty.
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High Court holds that will was invalid due to uncertainty of its provision, and because it was witnessed by proposed beneficiaries, and declares that purported testator died intestate.
Probate - interpretation of will - will prepared without legal advice - lack of revocation clause - whether previous will revoked by implication - intention of testator - ambiguities in will - use of term "family" - approach of court in construction of will - s 90, Succession Act 1965 - extrinsic evidence - whether insertion of clause appropriate to supply proper sense to will - will witnessed by named beneficiaries - s 82, 1965 Act - lack of specificity - unspecified "gifts of money" and "smaller gifts".
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