The Court granted probate of a copy of a lost will dated 13 December 1994 together with the original codicil dated 2 July 2008, being satisfied that the copy embodied the testamentary intentions of the deceased. The Court found that the presumption of revocation by destruction was rebutted by the existence of the codicil (which referred to the 1994 will as the deceased's current will) and by the retention of the copy will in a fire-resistant safe box alongside other important documents. A minor misspelling of the executor's name was also corrected.
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