wanted to leave your money to a Conservative Party led by Harold MacMillan or Edward Heath? Personally, if I had been in your position, I would have done so. Having posed that question I invite you to come and discuss it with me …” 51. On 29 June 1989 Bane wrote to Mr Trower. The letter is a bizarre mixture of apparently clear instructions on the one hand and disjointed historical and political allusions on the other hand. I suspect this was the first time in his life Mr Trower had ever received a letter addressing him as “Saint Anthony”. It is of course possible that some private joke arising from their previous meetings lay behind this, but equally it may have been some association triggered in the recesses of Bane’s mind. The clear instructions in the letter were to the effect, first, that he did not wish to form a company, but thought it would be much more appropriate to establish a foundation in the name of his late father Milan Kostic, and secondly, that the 1988 Will must be revoked and torn up. Bane expressly recognised that the effect of this would be to leave him intestate until he made another will. However, whether he really understood the consequences of dying intestate must in my judgment be open to considerable doubt, because he went on to say that if anything happened to him in the meantime “the chief executors of my FUNDS will be Archpriest MILUN KOSTIC [his address was then given] together with you my dear Saint ANTHONY.” Plainly, if Bane were to die intestate, before having made another will, there could be no question of his having any executors, or of his estate passing to anybody other than his only son, Zoran. 52. Mr Trower decided on a low key response. He replied on 3 July 1989: “Thank you for your letter of 29 th June. I confirm that I have destroyed your will so that you are now intestate unless you have made another one. I note that you say that meantime the chief executors will be Archpriest Milun Kostic and me. I suppose it is conceivable that if he is your next of kind [sic] he might [be] your administrator but I could not fulfill [sic] such a role unless appointed by will.” Evidently Mr Trower did not consider it necessary to enlighten Bane any further about the consequences of dying intestate. 53. Bane’s invitation to lunch at Trowers & Hamlins was fixed for 13 July. In advance of the meeting, Bane wrote out in manuscript, and then typed up on the notepaper of Transtrade UK Ltd, the provisions that he wished to include in his new will. The typed-up version reads as follows: “I, BRANISLAV KOSTIC of Broadway House, The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19, HEREBY REVOKE