The proper law ‘regulating’ the disposition of movable property for the purposes of section 28(2) was the law of the testator’s domicile at the time of his death. Plowman J said that the term ‘regulate’ was concerned with the material or essential validity of a will, rather than with its interpretation: ‘In the case of immovables it is lex situs (as the House of Lords held) and in the case of movables it is, in my judgment, the lex domicilii, from which the validity of the disposition stems. As Mr Foster conceded, if the law of South Africa had forbidden the disposition with which I am concerned, it could not have taken effect.’
Judges:
Plowman J
Citations:
[1963] 1 WLR 31
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Re Philipson-Stow HL 1961
The section excluded from liability for estate duty property ‘passing on the death which is situate out of Great Britain if it is shown that the proper law regulating the devolution of the property situate, or the disposition under or by reason of . .
Cited by:
Cited – Dellar v Zivy and others ChD 9-Oct-2007
Disappointed beneficiaries said they had been told that the deceased would leave certain shares to them. He did not do so, and they said the will had incorrectly interpreted his instructions. The defendants denied that the English court had . .
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Wills and Probate, Inheritance Tax
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.259865