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When a ‘mysterious’ new will is used to claim a million-dollar inheritance
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A will is not valid by virtue only of it being the last as the court must be satisfied that it is properly signed.
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SINGAPORE - There have been some epic court battles here, but the most dramatic was surely when the key witness in a million-dollar inheritance fight broke down in tears and confessed in court that his testimony had been written entirely by a lawyer.
The man, a driver for his late employer, and his Malaysian lawyer both claimed to have witnessed the employer signing a new will that effectively disinherited his three children and gave everything to two grandchildren instead.
