Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group

Wesley O’Brien and Robert Lindley provide a Cayman Islands perspective on mental capacity, undue influence and vulnerable clients.

The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has relied on a video recording of a will-signing ceremony to rule that the minimal evidentiary threshold has been met to challenge the will (Carinci v Carinci, 2023 ONSC 6094).

STEP’s Wills Working Group has submitted its comments on testamentary capacity to the Law Commission of England and Wales (the Law Commission), as part of STEP’s ongoing contribution to the consultation process on will reform.