Dispensing with Wills' Act Formalities for Substantively Valid Wills

Substantial Compliance with the Wills Act

Awareness of living wills in the United Kingdom.

SIR—We read with interest the results of questionnaire survey of British geriatricians regarding ‘Living wills and the Mental Capacity Act’ by Schiff et al. [1]. It is good to know that geriatricians favoured the use of living wills and that many had come across living wills while caring patients and felt it helped in end-of-life care planning. We too feel that people in the United Kingdom have...

On Medico-Legal Evidence in Cases of Insanity

I purposely decline entering at any length into the consideration of the law of lunacy relating to dispositions of property, and the performance of the marriage contract. In the former case the proof of insanity invalidates all testamentary documents; but the courts are extremely jealous in interfering with the apparent wishes of the testator, unless clear and positive lunacy be established. Th...

بررسی نقش اراده در تحقق مسؤولیت کیفری در نظریات جرم‌شناختی و تأثیر آن بر مسؤولیت کیفری منحرفین جنسی

Abstract A longstanding philosophical and legal issue is how to deal with criminals and persons who in some ways act against the acceptable laws, rules, norms and values in any society. Criminal copings and imposing punishments on those who violate the principles and rules of any society and maintaining criminal responsibility for the individuals are as old as humanity. Meanwhile, the theori...

The best interests of mentally incapacitated patients without a living will.

I have previously suggested that doctors’ moral duty to respect mentally incapacitated patients’ autonomy during decision-making can be fulfilled by helping them prepare a written living will before they become incapacitated.1 Mentally incapacitated patients fall into two categories: ‘formerly-competent’ and ‘never-competent’ and only the former are capable of preparing living wills. For those ...