Pereira v Pereira

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1901
Date1901
CourtPrivy Council
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29 cases
  • Perrins v Holland and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 December 2010
    ...21 Further the decision in Parker v Felgate was stated to be good law, as one of two grounds for the decision, by the Privy Council in Pereira v Pereira [1901] AC 354. Similarly in Mortimer on Probate 1911 p.70 Harwood v Baker is cited as authority for the proposition that: “If a testator,......
  • Re Glynn, deceased
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1990
    ...of it even if he did not remember in detail the contents of his instructions. Parker v. FelgateELR (1883) 8 P.D. 171; Perera v. PereraELR[1901] A.C. 354 and In re WallaceUNK (1952) 2 T.L.R. 925 approved. 4. That if the deceased was satisfied that the document reflected his instructions and ......
  • Rajaratnam Kumar (alias Rajaratnam Vairamuthu) v Estate of Rajaratnam Saravana Muthu (deceased) and another and another suit
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 26 May 2010
    ...effect to my intention, and I accept the document which is put before me as carrying it out." In Perera and Others v Perera and Another [1901] AC 354 (“Perera”), the Privy Council endorsed Sir James Hannen’s rule at 362 and regarded it as “good law and good sense”. In Perera, a will was pre......
  • Michele Alexia Canham v Cutty Sark Land Company
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 18 February 2022
    ...needed to be sufficient to apprehend that the document he was executing was consistent with his earlier instructions: Perera v Perera [1901] AC 354 (PC); Perrin v Holland [2010] EWCA Civ 840; [2011] Ch 313 However, the following judicial guidance on the role played by expert medical evide......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Special Lectures 2010. A Medical-Legal Approach to Estate Planning and Decision Making for Older Clients Review
    • 8 September 2011
    ...315 Penny v. Bolen, 2008 CanLII 48145 (Ont. S.C.J.) ..................................................... 354 Perera v. Perera, [1901] A.C. 354 ................................................................................ 318 Pesticcio v. Huet (sub nom. Niersmans v. Pesticcio), [2004] EW......
  • Capacity Assessments by the Drafting Lawyer
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Special Lectures 2010. A Medical-Legal Approach to Estate Planning and Decision Making for Older Clients Review
    • 8 September 2011
    ...testator, at the time he signed his will, is not capable of knowing and approving of its contents. In his conclud-37 Perera v. Perera , [1901] A.C. 354; Kenny v. Wilson (1911), 11 S.R. (N.S.W.) 460; Wilkie v. Wilkie (1915), 17 W.A.L.R. 156; Thomas v. Jones , [1928] P. 162; Battan Singh v. A......

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