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David, you can't mean that the court should refuse to make a decision in a case because possibly the costs would mean none of the parties would get anything? By the time the CA heard the case, most of the costs would surely have been incurred. And the decision was about his right (as a prospective beneficiary) to challenge the proved will as a forgery. Nonetheless, if the divorce settlement was as bald as reported, it would be odd if the MIL's will did leave anything over £100,000 to the wife. So either there was an earlier will which may still be valid, or the MIL would be intestate but for the allegedly forged will.

In all an interesting case and a sensible decision, surely.