Trust, Wills and Probate

A battle over a relatively modest estate of less than £150,000 shows the sense of achieving a negotiated settlement where possible rather than resorting to protracted legal proceedings and adopting...

When a dependant of a deceased person is unexpectedly not provided for under the will, the normal course of action is to bring a claim against the deceased’s estate under...

One of the basic rules for creating a valid will is that it must be signed by the testator and the signature must be witnessed by two people. Failure to...

Three sisters who challenged their late father’s will have lost their battle at the High Court. The will was made the day George Wharton, who was suffering from terminal...

Just because witnesses to a will unexpectedly could not remember witnessing it did not make a will invalid according to the Court of Appeal.   The case involved...

The loss of the original of a will does not always mean that the will cannot be accepted for probate, as is illustrated by a case involving a gay couple,...