Trust, Wills and Probate

The High Court has upheld the validity of a codicil to a woman’s will which left the family farm to her two daughters and dismissed claims by her grandsons that...

Taxpayers who are unsure how to deal with any correspondence they receive from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) would be well advised to seek professional assistance, as was demonstrated by...

The Court of Appeal has granted a wife leave to pursue an application for financial relief in England against her former husband, more than a decade after their Russian divorce....

A man whose home suffered damage because of problems with its foundations has been awarded provisional damages of more than £423,000 from the housebuilder from which he bought the property....

The High Court has refused to make a Deprivation of Liberty order sought by a local authority in respect of a 17-year-old boy. The boy was estranged from his...

Although Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) from Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) was abolished with effect from 1 June 2024, cases dealing with its availability are still working their way through...

The Family Court has ruled that four children should continue to live with their father, in what it described as a very long-running dispute between him and the children’s mother....

A will purported to have been made by an elderly woman during lockdown has been declared invalid because she had not signed it in the presence of two or more...

Where the record of a property’s title at the Land Registry contains a mistake, Paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 4 of the Land Registration Act 2002 allows the register to be...

It is essential to ensure that court orders are complied with during divorce proceedings. Recently, the Family Court refused a wife’s application for relief from sanctions due to her failure...