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15 February 2007 / Paola Fudakowska , Abigail Palmer-page , Paul Hewitt
Issue: 7260 / Categories: Features , Wills & Probate
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Wills and probate

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FROM HMRC

Practitioners should be aware that as Capital Taxes no longer exists as an entity, in future it will be known as HM Revenue & Customs Inheritance Tax and, over time, all references to Capital Taxes, CT and CTO will be removed from letters, forms and guidance.

CONSTRUCTION
Gibbs v Harding [2007] EWHC 3 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 28 (Jan)

Sister Joseph Harding made a will dated 25 March 2003 which included the following provision:

‘I…wish to revoke my last will and testimony made previous to todays (sic) date…If I should die in the meantime before making another will it is my wish that everything I possess be taken over by the Diocese of Westminster to hold in trust for the Black community of Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Tower Hamlet (sic).’

The question was whether this paragraph created a valid testamentary gift.
On 4 November 2002 Sister Joseph had made a will which left the residue of

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NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
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A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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