Byrne v Bishop - [2001] 3 NZLR 780

Executors and administrators — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 — Neighbours gave deceased companionship for nearly 20 years before death — Deceased's will left large estate to neighbours' children — Will invalid as deceased temporarily lacked testamentary capacity — Testamentary promise claim by neighbours — Competing claims of deceased's next of kin — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, s 3.