diagnostic criterion of suffering from “non-bizarre delusions”, i.e. delusions involving situations that occur in real life such as being followed, poisoned or infected, and says that the additional material strongly suggests that this criterion is amply fulfilled. She then cites a number of the documentary references to a conspiracy against Bane involving his sister, mother and wife. She goes on to cite material evidencing Bane’s views about Zoran and the Conservative Party, and in paragraph 78 concludes as follows: “The additional material also confirms my view that [Bane’s] testamentary capacity was impaired. He had delusions relating to his family, whom he felt were evil, and plotting against him, and also had delusional ideas about the world in general, seeing the Conservative Party, and Margaret Thatcher in particular, as forces in the fight of good against evil.” 165. In her letter of 23 March 2007 Dr Reveley amplified her reasons for reaching this conclusion, with further detailed references to the documentary record. In paragraph 8 of her letter she said this: “Delusions may be held at the same time as loving feelings towards the same person. In my experience, in individuals who are deluded towards loved ones, there are nearly always islands of affection breaking through at particular times or in particular circumstances. This process is also apparent in [Bane’s] attitude towards his sister, towards whom he held strong delusional beliefs, but towards whom he was also able to be loving, at times.” 166. Mr Simmonds QC’s cross-examination of Dr Reveley was mainly devoted to an exploration of three of her principal conclusions: that Bane suffered from a delusion that Zoran was not his natural son, that he suffered from a delusion that Zoran was implicated in a conspiracy against him, and that he was deluded about the role and powers of the Conservative Party. I will take these three topics in turn. (a) Zoran’s paternity 167. The evidence that Bane may have doubted that Zoran was his natural son is scanty. It consists of little more than an allegation in Mirjana’s petition for judicial separation in May 1985 (“On or about 16 May 1984 … he further falsely and unjustifiably alleged he was not the father of the said child Zoran”) and passages in the evidence of three witnesses, Mr Rinaldi, Mr Kaczmarski and Mr Sulmoni. Furthermore, of those witnesses Mr Rinaldi made it clear in his oral evidence that he never believed Bane’s statements to this effect, which he understood in a figurative sense only; and Mr Kaczmarski said that he never took these expressions seriously. On the other hand, there is a wealth of evidence in the documentary record which indicates that Bane recognised Zoran as his natural son, including notably the terms of the 1984 Codicil (leaving his residuary estate to Zoran upon attaining the age of 35), numerous references in the diary, and Mr Trower’s attendance note of his first meeting with Bane. When confronted with this material, Dr Reveley accepted that most of it suggested that Bane was under no illusion about his paternity of Zoran, and that for most of the time he really believed Zoran was his son. Nevertheless, she maintained