Man wins legal battle over clerical error in will

Sarah Coles
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Close-up of the statue of Lady Justice, holding a sword and the scales of justice, located on top of the dome above the Old Bail
Close-up of the statue of Lady Justice, holding a sword and the scales of justice, located on top of the dome above the Old Bail

Terry Marley, who was taken in by Alfred and Maureen Rawlings as a teenager and treated as their son, has won a legal battle over their will. The couple, from Bermondsey in south London, had both written wills leaving everything to him. However, they had made the mistake of signing each other's documents.

A number of courts decided that this invalidated the wills - so the couple's natural sons should inherit - but the Supreme Court overturned the decision.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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