I
MARJORIE CHRISTINA REIS of 138 Felsham Road
Putney London
SW15 HEREBY REVOKE all wills
codicils and other testamentary
dispositions
at any time heretofore made by me AND DECLARE this
to be my last Will
1.
I
APPOINT CAROLINE HELEN CLARE JENKINS of 27 Brynmaer Road London SW11 4EN Solicitor and HELEN VASILAKAS of
Flat 2 70 Duke Street Grosvenor Square
London SW5 Married Woman
and
SIMONE SMITH of Flat 10 31 Earles Court Square London SW5 Married Woman (who or
the survivor of whom or other the Trustees or Trustees of this my Will whether
original
additional or substituted are
hereinafter referred to as "my Trustees") to be the Executrices and
Trustees of this
my Will and the
Trustees thereof for the purposes of the Settled Land Act 1925.
2.
I
DESIRE that my body be cremated.
3.
I GIVE and BEQUEATH to the said HELEN
VASILAKAS and SIMONE SMITH free of tax or duty the sum of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS
each provided that they prove
and act as Executrices and Trustee of this my Will jointly with the said
CAROLINE HELEN CLARE JENKINS
4.
I
GIVE DEVISE BEQUEATH and APPOINT all the rest and
residue of my property both real and personal
whatsoever
and wheresoever of or to
which I shall at the date of my
death
be seised possessed or entiteld whether in possession
or reversion unto my Trustees
UPON TRUST to sell call in
collect
and convert into money all such parts of my said
real and personal property as shall not consist of
money at
such time or times and in
such manner as they shall think
fit
(but as to reversionary property not until it falls
into possession unless it
shall appear to my Trustees that
an earlier sale would be beneficial) with power to postpone
the said sale calling in
collection and conversion of the
whole or any part or parts of my said property (including
leasehold or other property
of a terminable hazardous or
wasting
nature) during such period as they shall think proper and to retain the same or
any part thereof in its
then
present condition or form of investment without being
liable for loss AND I DIRECT
that my Trustees shall out of
my
ready moneys and the clear moneys to arise from such
sale calling in collection
and conversion as aforesaid pay
or
provide for my debts funeral and testamentary expenses
and any tax or duties payable
in connection with my death
including
any tax or duties payable in respect of any gifts
inter vivos or similar dispositions at any time made
by me
whether or not such tax or
duty shall be primarily payable
by the
donee but excluding tax or duty payable in respect
of property in which I may
have an interest ceasing at my
death
and subject thereto shall hold the residue of the
said moneys and stand possessed of such investments
and the
residue of such investments
as aforesaid which form part of
my
estate at the time of my death and of all parts of my
estate for the time being
unsold (all of which said moneys
and investments are hereinafter collectively referred to as
"my residuary
estate") UPON TRUST as to both capital and
income
thereof for such of my grandchildren JULIETTE
CHRISTINE WORBOYS (otherwise formerly known as JULIETTE
CHRISTINE REIS) of 3 Cherry
Woods Great Bentley, Nr.
Colchester Essex and SAMANTHA SARAH GLOVER (otherwise
known as SAMANTHA SARAH REIS) of Eastwing Southdown
House
11 Lansdowne Road Wimbledon
London SW20 as shall
survive me and attain the age of twenty-five years if more
than one as
tenants-in-common in equal shares
absolutely
PROVIDED THAT
in the event of either
of my said
grandchildren
predeceasing me or failing to attain the age
of twenty-five years leaving issue them surviving THEN I
DECLARE that such issue shall
take per stirpes and equally
between
them if more than one the share of my residuary
estate which his her or their parent would have taken
had
such parent survived me and
attained a vested interest
hereunder
and in every case contingently upon such issue
attaining the age of twenty-five years PROVIDED
FURTHER
that in the event of neither
of my said grandchildren or
their
issue attaining a vested interest under the foregoing
provisions THEN I DIRECT that
my trustees shall hold my residuary estate upon trust as to both capital and
income
thereof for IMPERIAL CANCER
RESEARCH FUND PO Box 123
Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2 for the purpose of
scientific research AND I DIRECT that the receipt of the
Honorary Treasurer or
Secretary shall be a good discharge
for such bequest.
5.
I DECLARE that during such time as any beneficiary
entitled
hereunder shall be under the
age of twenty-five years my
Trustees
may apply the whole or such part or parts as they
shall in their own unfettered discretion think fit of
the
income of the presumptive or
contingent share of such child
beneficiary
under the trusts hereof for or towards the
maintenance education benefit or advancement in life of
such child beneficiary
6.
I
DECLARE that my Trustees may from time to time raise any
part or parts and if they so
decide the whole of any
presumptive
or contingent share of any such child
beneficiary as aforesaid in the capital of my estate or so
much thereof as shall not for
the time being have become
transferable
to any child beneficiary as aforesaid under
the trusts herein contained and may apply the sum or sums
so raised for the
maintenance education benefit
or
advancement in life of such
child beneficiary during such
time as
he or she shall be under the age of twenty-five
years
7.
MY
TRUSTEES may exercise the powers contained in Clauses 5
and 6 above whether or not
there is any other fund or
income
available for any of the aforesaid purposes and
whether or not there is any person bound by law to
provide
for such maintenance or
education and shall be at liberty
to apply any income or capital
moneys so. raised as
aforesaid in all respects as
my Trustees shall in their
absolute
and unfettered discretion think proper with power
to pay any moneys so raised as aforesaid to the
guardian or
guardians of any such child beneficiary as aforesaid
without seeing to the
application thereof and without being
liable
for loss
8.
ANY
MONEYS requiring to be invested under the trusts hereof
my be invested by my Trustees
in or upon such stocks shares
funds
or securities (including mortgages or purchases of
freehold or leasehold land
whether for an investment or as
a
residence for any beneficiary entitled hereunder) as my
Trustees shall in their
absolute and unfettered discretion
think fit as if they were beneficially entitled to the said
moneys and without being
liable for loss
9.
I DECLARE that notwithstanding the trust for sale
hereinbefore contained my Trustees may appropriate
any real
or personal property forming
part of my estate in or
towards
the share whether settled or not of any person or
persons entitled to the proceeds of sale thereof
under the
trusts hereinbefore contained
and for the purposes
aforesaid
shall have and may at all time exercise all such
powers of appropriation and other powers conferred
upon
personal representatives by
Section 41 of the
Administration
of Estates Act 1924 and without any of the
consents made necessary by that Act and with the same
effect as set out in such
section Provided that the posers
hereby conferred shall be without any prejudice to any
power of appropriation or
partition conferred upon trustees
by Statute
10.
MY TRUSTEES shall have
the following further powers
videlicet:-
(a) to agree and settle accounts with
all persons liable
to account to my
estate and for that purpose to
execute
effectual receipts releases and discharges
(b) to determine in all cases of doubt whether
any moneys
coming into their hands are
capital or income and to
apportion
blended funds and every such determination
or apportionment shall be final and. binding upon all
persons beneficially
interested under this my Will
and
(c) to appoint any other person or persons or a
Bank or other
Trust Corporation to act as a Trustee of this – my Will either in substitution
for or to act jointly with
my
Trustees upon such terms as to remuneration.. or
otherwise as my Trustees shall in their absolute and
unfettered discretion think
fit
11.
I HEREBY negative for the purposes of this my Will the
rules known as Rules in Howe
versus Dartmouth and Allhusen
versus
Whittell in all their branches
12.
ANY TRUSTEE being a solicitor
accountant surveyor or other
person
engaged in any profession or business may be so
employed or act and shall be entitled to charge and
to be
paid for all the usual
professional or other charges for
any business or act done by him or his firm in connection
with the trusts hereof
including acts which a Trustee could
have done personally
13.
I HAVE not made provision in this my Will for my son ROBERT EDWARD
REIS as during my lifetime from time to time I made
financial provision for him
IN
WITNESS whereof I the said MARJORIE CHRISTINA REIS have to
this and the four preceding
sheets of paper set my hand this 17th day of January One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Ninety-Six
SIGNED by the said MARJORIE CHRISTINA REIS
as and for her last Will in the
presence of us who at her request in her presence and in that of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:-