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Fraud and forgery

‘Fraud’ occurs when deception, misrepresentation, or dishonesty is deliberately used for personal gain or damage to another individual. Examples of fraud in the context of wills include: impersonation of the testator by a fraudster to execute the will misleading the testator to sign a will when they believe the document to be another document the destruction of the testator’s will …

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Fraudulent Calumny

Fraudulent calumny occurs where a beneficiary makes false representations to the person making their will about another person, the outcome of which is that the beneficiary making the representation inherits to a greater extent or the person whom the representations were about inherits to a lesser extent. Fraudulent calumny’ occurs when a beneficiary of a will makes a false representation (or a …

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