THE Privy Council has dismissed an appeal by the daughter of a man over the validity of his will that left his entire estate to a Roman Catholic charity.

In a ruling on June 19, Lords Briggs, Leggatt and Richards held that Carl Cox’s will was properly executed and reflected the wishes of the testator – the person who made a will.

Cox, who died on December 23, 2012, at his home on Madeira Street, Trinidad, left his entire estate to the Eternal Light Community of Tunapuna, a religious charity under the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, by a will dated January 6, 2009. The will named his friend and neighbour Gregory Pascall as executor and made no provision for any of his three children, including his daughter Aneisa Graham, who took the appeal to the Privy Council.