This article is the first part of a two-part series looking at the application of the remedy of reduction in contested executries.  In part 1, Roddy MacLeod considers reduction of a testamentary document, principally with reference to the recent case of O’Neil v O’Neil, 2017 G.W.D. 22-361.

This article was first published in Scots Law Times (S.L.T. 2018, 6, 17-19) and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Sweet & Maxwell.