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It is possibly best to execute a separate will in each jurisdiction where one’s estate may have to be administered. (Flickr)
ANDERSON AND ANOTHER V DU PLESSIS N O AND OTHERS

Sorting out estates and wills in different countries is a tricky business

It is possibly best to execute a separate will in each jurisdiction where one’s estate may have to be administered

  • Karel Kogler
7 min read
A will may, for example, specify that the testator bequeaths his immovable property (for instance his residential property) in equal shares to his two children, subject to a lifelong usufruct in favour of his wife.
OPINION

Choose the words in your will carefully, especially when bequeathing property to more than one heir

The Hart v Hart case considers usufruct or right of his wife to use the property the husband left to his sons

  • Karel Kogler
7 min read