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