Undue influence is the allegation that transforms family tension into full-scale litigation. This session examines the real-world dynamics behind such claims, including caregivers, confidants, isolation, late-life changes and shifting testamentary intentions. 

It explores how leading litigators prove or defeat these cases using documentary evidence, medical records, circumstantial proof and cross-examination strategy. The discussion will also consider comparative approaches, including civil law concepts such as vitiated consent and abuse of weakness, and how similar fact patterns can play out differently across jurisdictions. 

The claim everyone pleads, and no one can afford to mishandle.