Judge rules 81-year-old farmer lacked capacity to make final will

"At the centre of the dispute was a 120-acre farm, livestock, and entitlements valued at over €1.5m"

"A High Court judge has upheld a decision to strike down the final will of an 81-year-old Clare farmer, ruling that he lacked the mental capacity to change his affairs in the final weeks of his life."

"The case concerned the estate of Patrick Hogan, a farmer from Bushy Park, Ennis, who died in April 2012."

A High Court judge upheld a decision to invalidate the final will of an 81-year-old Clare farmer on the grounds that he lacked mental capacity in his final weeks. The estate included a 120-acre farm, livestock, and entitlements with a combined value exceeding €1.5 million. The dispute centred on the ownership and distribution of those agricultural assets and entitlements. The deceased was Patrick Hogan of Bushy Park, Ennis. Patrick Hogan died in April 2012, and the judgment determined that the contested late-life changes to his affairs could not stand.

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