Day: 8 August 2019

Experts Discuss The Cowan V Foreman Landmark Case

A landmark decision to refuse a widow’s request to contest the Will and Trust of her late husband’s estate because the request was made after the six-month deadline has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. Judge Justice Mostyn’s original assessment during the High Court’s ruling of the Cowan v Foreman case was disapproved on […]

Cowan v Foreman – [2019] EWCA Civ 1336 – Time limits In Claims Under The Inheritance Act 1975

Vlad Macdonald-Munteanu, Associate, and Oliver Black, Solicitor, discuss the Court of Appeal judgement handed down on 30 July 2019 in Cowan v Foreman as well as the implications for parties facing out of time Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims. Background This case concerns a claim brought by Mary Cowan against the estate […]

Hand Writing Expert Enters Aretha Franklin Will Saga

Following the discovery of a number of hand written Wills found stuffed into the cushion covers of Aretha Franklin’s plush sofa in one of her luxurious mansions, a Michigan based judge has allowed a hand writing expert to examine the alleged Wills. This story is rumbling on, epitomising  the disharmony that can be created when […]