Court of Appeal Sets Aside Financial Remedy Order
The Court of Appeal has upheld a man’s argument that the financial remedy order made on his divorce should have been set aside because the wife had given inaccurate evidence...
Continue readingWhen an elderly woman decided to make a new will giving her entire estate to her neighbour, the attendance note prepared by the firm she had initially approached to do...
Continue readingA now retired solicitor who ‘assisted’ his two elderly aunts to change their wills, making him the principal beneficiary of both, has seen the court overturn them and reinstate earlier...
Continue readingSecond marriages are fruitful ground for disputes over estates and when the widow of a Sheffield multi-millionaire claimed against his £6 million estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and...
Continue readingA farmer’s son who worked in the family farming business his whole life without receiving a proper wage was promised that he would inherit the farm when his father died....
Continue readingMaking a will is something everyone should do and it is important to have complete confidence in the person advising you. The Legal Services Board has announced proposals to...
Continue readingTwo adopted children stand to benefit from a £3 million trust fund despite the fact that the trust was set up when adoption did not automatically confer inheritance rights. The...
Continue readingDisputed wills and estates are far from rare and it is often the least valuable assets in an estate that give rise to the bitterest arguments. In particular, a deceased...
Continue readingThe courts are loath to ‘infer’ provisions into any sort of document, let alone one as final as a will, unless there is a compelling reason to do so, so...
Continue readingWhen Oscar-winning composer Sir Malcolm Arnold died in 2006, aged 84, he left a will bequeathing his house, his car, his valuable manuscripts and a half-share in the annual royalties...
Continue readingHaving too much, too soon has been the cause of the ruin of many a life. Worried that this might be the fate awaiting her child, a mother recently went...
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