A man who contested his mother‘s will has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to his brother, the deceased‘s personal representative, because the will‘s meaning was in the judge‘s opinion ‘perfectly straightforward‘. Gareth Thomas challenged the will, which was not professionally drafted, on the grounds that the deceased was ‘mentally ill’ when she made it; it was invalid for ‘many other unspecified reasons‘; it was unreasonable in making no provision for minor grandchildren; and the executor had given the deceased’s substantial library of religious books to a charity in lieu of a modest pecuniary legacy (Re Estate of Thomas Deceased, 2021 EWHC 937 Ch).