Re Lowe - [1991] 1 NZLR 98

Testamentary promises — Claims — Comparatively short de facto relationship — Services to deceased's home and his other properties — Promise to leave home to claimant in context of formulation and development of family unit with long term joint hopes and ambitions — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, s 3(1).

Testamentary promises — Jurisdiction — Promise to vest property in claimant — Central feature in provision of services — Discretion of Court — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1959, s 3(3).

Testamentary promises — Practice — Vesting of property — No jurisdiction to alter incidence of award other than rateably on whole estate — Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1959, s 3(5).