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47. Wills: execution and revocation


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Received:		20 June 1983
Report 47:		Wills Execution and Revocation, March 1986
		Tabled in Parliament 14 October 1987
Legislative Action:		Wills, Probate and Administration (Amendment) Act 1989 Succession Act 2006 s 32
Judicial Citation:		Layer v Burns Philp Trustee Co Ltd (1986) 6 NSWLR 60, 68
		Cloonan v Allingham; Estate of Pugh (NSW SC, No 103129/90, Needham J, 14 December 1990, unreported), 8
		Re Application of Brown (Estate of Springfield) (1991) 23 NSWLR 535, 540
		Mortensen v State of New South Wales (NSW CA, No 40544/90, 12 December 1991, unreported), 6 (Sheller JA)
		Estate of Gillespie (NSW SC, No 114668/91, Powell J, 25 October 1991, unreported), 5
		Re Application of Kencalo (Estate of Buharoff) (NSW SC, No 110613/91, Powell J, 23 October 1991, unreported), 10
		Re Brisbane (NSW SC, No 107483/92, Powell J, 19 June 1992, unreported), 6-8
		Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v Sabine (Vic, Supreme Court, Practice Court, No 6562/92, O'Bryan J, 5 May 1992, unreported, 10
		Estate of Masters (1994) 33 NSWLR 446
		Pahlow-Silady v Siladi (NSW CA, No 40164/95, 22 April 1997, unreported) (Mason P)
		Pahlow-Silady v Siladi [1999] NSWSC 890 [37]
		Amy v Permanent Trustee [1999] NSWSC 862 [16], [49]
		Treacey v Edwards (2000) 49 NSWLR 739 [22]
		Miller v Miller (2000) 50 NSWLR 81 [13]
		Fisher v Barnes (2000) 13 P 3d 1231 (Colorado, Court of Appeals) Tonkiss v Graham [2002] NSWSC 891 [85] McKinney v Campbell [2003] NSWSC 244 [5], [21]
		Hoobin v Hoobin [2004] NSWSC 705 [51] Re Application in the Estate of Pischner [2004] ACTSC 129 [13] Dolan v Dolan [2007] WASC 249, [18] Schneider v Sydney Jewish Museum Inc [2008] NSWSC 1331 [8] Re Yates; Ex Parte the Public Trustee [2008] WASC 211 In the estate of Hennekam [2009] SASC 188 [34], [35]
Note:		See also Reference 88: Uniform succession laws