Lawyer tells court he wasn?t obliged to ask why dying Sydney man wanted to leave millions to his GP

A solicitor who prepared a will for a wealthy Sydney man has denied, during New South Wales supreme court proceedings, that he had an obligation to ask why his client was leaving tens of millions of dollars to his GP.

Raymond McClure, who died aged 84 in 2017, altered his will twice in the five months before he died, eventually leaving Dr Peter Alexakis 90% of his $30m estate.

Previous wills - the first of which was made in 1986 - made the Salvation Army and other individuals, including a longtime business partner, the beneficiaries of McClure's estate.

The Salvation Army's legal secretary, Gary Masters, is challenging the validity of the final will in the supreme court, arguing it was executed in suspicious circumstances and Alexakis had undue influence over McClure. The will is also subject to multiple cross-claims.

Alexakis says he had no knowledge McClure included him in the will and he never discussed changing the will or the extent of the estate with his patient.

Solicitor Angelo Andresakis, who prepared the will for McClure, continued giving evidence on Thursday.

He denied a suggestion by Raoul Wilson SC, for Masters, that he should have checked with McClure whether he was sure he wanted to change his will to provide 90% of the estate, plus a multimillion-dollar Strathfield home, to Alexakis.