In 1956, at age 12, Geoffrey Gillett met Mr. Holt, a 38-year-old gentleman farmer at Woodhall Spa golf club and became his caddie and friend.
The trial judge found against Gillett, applying Taylor v Dickens [1998] 1 FLR 806, 821, holding that a promise to leave property in a will could not give rise to a proprietary estoppel because wills are inherently revocable.