Weir v Grace, (1899) 2 F (HL) 30
Citation:Weir v Grace, (1899) 2 F (HL) 30
Rule of thumb:The Court in this emphasised the principle of fraud or coercion in undue influence to make unfair wills – if a person has made threats to do illegal things to an older person making a will, then the terms of the will for that person can be struck down.
Ratio-decidendi:
‘Influence, in order to be undue within the meaning of any rule of law which would make it sufficient to vitiate a will, must be an influence exercised either by coercion or by fraud’, Lord Challencer at 32
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