Craig v Lamoureux

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1919
Date1919
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  • Khaw Cheng Bok and Others v Khaw Cheng Poon and Others
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1998
  • La Tanya Hughes (Sole Executrix named in the last will and testament of Laban Hughes, deceased) Claimant v Clement Hughes Lawful Attorney of Ena Hughes Defendant [ECSC]
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 3 November 2011
    ...a testator, but not to coerce him." 64 What constitutes undue influence was further explained by Viscount Haldene inCraig v Lamoureux [1920] AC 34913 as follows:- "……In order to set aside the Will of sound mind, it is not sufficient to show that the circumstances attending its execution are......
  • Melbourne Smith and Lillian Brown v Elridge Brown
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 30 September 2008
    ...The onus is not on the propounder to disprove the allegations. SeeBoyse v Rossborough (1857) 6 HLC 2. See also Craig v Lamoureaux [1920] AC 349. As stated earlier, I do not for one moment believe that it was Ms. Stephens who instructed the lawyer to prepare the will. To the contrary, the in......
  • Naylor v Maher
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 14 September 2012
    ...IR 148 JR IN RE 1993 ILRM 657 GILLETTE v HOLT 2000 AER (D) 299 2001 CH 210 2000 2 AER 289 FULLER v STRUM 2002 1 WLR 1097 CRAIG v LAOUREUX 1920 AC 349 SCAMMELL v FARMER 2008 EWHC 1100 (CH) KEATING ON PROBATE 3ED 2007 PAR 11-20-11-23 SHERRIN WILLIAMS ON WILLS 9ED 2007 5.9 CARROLL v CARROLL 1......
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  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Probate Disputes - 2nd edition Contents
    • 29 August 2022
    ...61, [2019] WTLR 707 188 Cowderoy v Cranfield [2011] EWHC 1616 (Ch), [2011] WTLR 1699, [2011] All ER (D) 191 (Jun) 47 Craig v Lamoureux [1920] AC 349, 89 LJPC 22, 122 LT 208, PC 77, 85 Craven’s Estate, Re; Lloyds Bank v Cockburn [1937] Ch 423, [1937] 3 All ER 33, 106 LJ Ch 308, ChD 167 Cunli......
  • The Rise of Statutory Wills and the Limits of Best Interests Decision‐Making in Inheritance
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 78-6, November 2015
    • 1 November 2015
    ...The Times 29 November 1975.14 Hoff vAtherton [2004] EWCA Civ 1554 at [48].15 Key vKey [2010] EWHC 408 (Ch) at [8].16 Craig vLumoureux [1920] AC 349.17 Kerridge (2000), n 9 above.18 Kerridge (2009), n 11 above, 86.The Rise of Statutory Wills© 2015 The Author. The Modern Law Review © 2015 The......
  • Undue Influence
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Probate Disputes - 2nd edition Contents
    • 29 August 2022
    ...undue influence; there must also be proof of coercion which overpowered the volition of the testator/testatrix (see Craig v Lamoureux [1920] AC 349). It must be shown that the influence which one had over the other was abused. Lewison J in Re Edwards (Deceased); Edwards v Edwards and Others......
  • Digest: Karpinski v Zookewich Estate, 2018 SKCA 56
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Law Society Case Digests
    • 18 July 2019
    ...Wills Act, 1996, SS 1996, c W-14.1, s 7 Cases Considered: Bachman v Scheidt Estate, 2016 SKCA 150, [2017] 2 WWR 301 Craig v Lamoureux, [1920] AC 349, 50 DLR 10 Kapacila Estate v Otto, 2010 SKCA 85, 359 Sask R 84 Karpinski v Lozinski, 2017 SKQB 278 MacGregor v Ryan, [1965] SCR 757 Riach v Fe......

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