Re Crawford (deceased) - [2014] 3 NZLR 38

Executors and administrators — Administration of estates — Electronic copy of will — Whether administration of the estate could be carried out without original will — Definition of “document” — Electronic Transactions Act 2002, ss 25, 26 and 32.

Wills — Probate — Application for review of decision on an application for probate in common form — Application made with electronic copy of will not original — Whether original will had to be provided before probate granted — High Court Rules, rr 1.3, 2.11, 27.2, 27.14 and Part 27.