In the case of a claim against a deceased estate founded on the oral utterances of the deceased, which only the deceased could have denied, the court scrutinises the claimant’s evidence closely [Plunkett v Bull (1915) 19 CLR 544, 548-549 (Isaacs J); Bovaird v Frost [2009] NSWSC 337, [45]; Varma v Varma [2010] NSWSC 786, [418] – [422]], and although there is no absolute legal requirement for it, ordinarily looks for some corroboration [Re Hodgson (1886) 31 Ch D 177; Weeks v Hrubala [2008] NSWSC 162, [20] (Young CJ in Eq): Brereton J in Ashton v Pratt (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 3 at 18.