Remedying formal irregularities in wills: A comparative analysis of testamentary rescue in Canada and South Africa

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dc.contributor.authordu Toit, Francois
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-26T08:19:40Z
dc.date.available2021-05-26T08:19:40Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the testamentary rescue provisions contained in the statutes governing wills in Manitoba, British Columbia and South Africa, as well as some of the jurisprudence on the interpretation and application of these provisions. The article thus provides an instructive legal comparative analysis of how formally irregular wills are judicially rescued and, therefore, how testamentary formalism is tempered to ensure that testamentary intentions embodied in informal documents are effectuated in the three jurisdictions under discussion. The article also evaluates (in broad terms) the efficacy of Manitoba’s, British Columbia’s and South Africa’s respective testamentary rescue dispensations, and attends to some lessons and possible solutions to challenges arising from these jurisdictions’ engagement with testamentary rescue.en_US
dc.identifier.citationdu Toit, F. (2021). Remedying formal irregularities in wills: A comparative analysis of testamentary rescue in Canada and South Africa. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 20(1), 139-162en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2020.1773017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6196
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.subjectExecution formalitiesen_US
dc.subjectFormally irregular willsen_US
dc.subjectCurative poweren_US
dc.subjectDispensing poweren_US
dc.subjectCondonation poweren_US
dc.titleRemedying formal irregularities in wills: A comparative analysis of testamentary rescue in Canada and South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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