High Court Invalidates Will and Declares Daughter Unworthy to Inherit
07 May 2026,
Jan van ZylThe
North West High Court's judgment in Lombard v Van Der Merwe, handed down
on 24 March 2026, is essential... reading for anyone who has a will, is thinking
about making one, or stands to inherit under someone else's. It is a case about
an elderly man, a disputed document, and the catastrophic consequences that
follow when the elementary safeguards of the Wills Act are ignored, whether
through carelessness, opportunism, or something worse.