PVL2602 ASSESSMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2026 3.1. Evaluate whether the commissioner's failure to sign every page of Sipho's will constitutes non-compliance with section 2(1)(a)(v) of the Wills Act 7 of 1953 and discuss whether the Master was corre

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Table of Contents

QUESTION 1 ............................................................................................................. 5


1.1 Advise Nomsa whether Mandla’s claim to the estate is correct (5 marks) ... 5


1.2 Devolution of Xolani’s estate and calculation of each person’s share (10

marks) ....................................................................................................................... 6


QUESTION 2 [10 Marks] ........................................................................................... 8


4. Final devolution .................................................................................................. 11


QUESTION 3 [10 Marks] ......................................................................................... 12


3.1 Whether the commissioner’s failure to sign every page constitutes non-

compliance with section 2(1)(a)(v), and whether the Master was correct to refuse

the will (4 marks) .................................................................................................... 12


3.2 Whether the High Court may order the Master to accept the will under section

2(3) (6 marks) .......................................................................................................... 13


QUESTION 4 [10 Marks] ......................................................................................... 15


4.1 Whether James validly revived his 2021 will (5 marks) ................................ 15


QUESTION 5 [15 Marks] ......................................................................................... 18


5.1 Condition that the son may never sell the house (2 marks) ......................... 18


5.2 Massed estate in a joint will and the doctrine of election (2 marks) ............ 18




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