This Trust and Estate Disputes quarterly round-up provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period October 2023 – December 2023. WITHERS TRUST
This contentious trust and probate litigation summer round-up provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period June 2023 – September 2023. Wilkinson
Another day, another will dispute in the headlines. The case concerns the estate of the late Julie Harrison whose daughter, Candice Harrison, is reported to have been successful in an undue claim against her cousin,
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period October 2019 – December 2019. Alice
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provide a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period April 2018 – June 2019. DAMIAN
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provides a summary of a cross section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period December 2018 – March 2019.
This week ‘The Times’ reported on a Will validity dispute recently heard in the High Court where two sisters are said to allege that their late mother, Freda Burgess, did not have knowledge and approval
The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) enables a child of the deceased to make a claim against his or her estate in circumstances whereby the deceased did not make
Gelber and another v The Sunderland Foundation and others [2018] The High Court has exercised its discretion under Section 57 of the Trustees Act 1925 to grant additional powers to the trustees of a settlement
Barely a month has gone by in the last year without the national press reporting on another bitter inheritance dispute centred on a family farm. In January, The Sun ran the headline “Farmer’s son cut
Over the last few years, various celebrities, including Sting, Elton John and Nigella Lawson have garnered widespread press attention by declaring that their children will not inherit their respective fortunes. Most recently, Gordon Ramsey’s has
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