Ward and Another v Ward: CA 13 Nov 2001
References: [2001] EWCA Civ 1737 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 02 June 2020 Ref: 201542 br> The post Ward and Another v Ward: CA 13 Nov 2001 appeared first on...
View ArticlePrice v Gould: 1930
References: (1930) 46 TLR 411 Coram: Wright J Ratio: In relation to wills and settlements the legislature had used the word ‘family’ ‘to introduce a flexible and wide term’ so that brothers and sisters...
View ArticleCarapeto v Good and Others: ChD 19 Apr 2002
References: [2002] EWHC 640 (Ch), [2002] WTLR 1305, [2002] WTLR 801 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 04 June 2020 Ref: 467208 br> The post Carapeto v Good and...
View ArticleJelley v Iliffe: CA 16 Dec 1980
References: [1980] EWCA Civ 4, [1981] 2 WLR 801, [1981] Fam 128 Links: Bailii Ratio: Appeal from refusal of order for reasonable financial provision from estate. Statutes: Inheritance (Provision for...
View ArticleMorris v Davies and Others: ChD 12 Jul 2011
References: [2011] EWHC 1773 (Ch), [2011] WTLR 1643 Links: Bailii Coram: Hollander QC Ratio: The executors under the will sought that it be admitted to probate. The defendants argued that it was a...
View ArticleGayle v Gayle and Another: CA 23 Mar 2006
References: [2006] EWCA Civ 462 Links: Bailii Coram: Lloyd J Ratio: Second application for permission to appeal. Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 08 June 2020 Ref: 266542 br> The post...
View ArticleMussamat Kamarunnissa Bibi v Mussamat Husaini Bibi: PC 1 Jul 1880
References: [1880] UKPC 36 Links: Bailii Ratio: (North-West Frontier Province) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 13 June 2020 Ref: 418406 br> The post Mussamat Kamarunnissa Bibi v...
View ArticleHyde v The Dean and Canons of Windsor: 1597
References: [1597] Cro Eliz 552 Ratio: Executors will not be liable for the non-performance of a contract where the services or performance to be provided by the deceased are personal. Jurisdiction:...
View ArticleHingeston v Tucker: 1862
References: [1862] 2 SW and TR 596 Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Cited – O’Brien v Seagrave and Another ChD (Bailii, [2007] EWHC 788 (Ch), Times 02-May-07) The claimant...
View ArticleKipping and Barlow v Ash: 1845
References: [1845] 1 Rob Eccl 270 Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Cited – O’Brien v Seagrave and Another ChD (Bailii, [2007] EWHC 788 (Ch), Times 02-May-07) The claimant...
View ArticleGajambal Ramalingham and Others v Rakn-Ul-Mulk Syed Abdul Wajid and Others...
References: [1949] UKPC 76 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 16 June 2020 Ref: 447735 br> The post Gajambal Ramalingham and Others v Rakn-Ul-Mulk Syed Abdul Wajid and...
View ArticleMitchell v Gard: 1863
References: (1863) 3 Sw and Tr 275 Coram: Sir James Wilde Ratio: The next of kin of the deceased, who had unsuccessfully opposed the will in a testamentary suit tried before Byles J and a jury, applied...
View ArticleRaymond Saul and Co (A Firm) v Holden and Another; In re Hemming (deceased):...
References: [2008] EWHC 2731 (Ch), Times 09-Dec-2008, [2008] WTLR 1833, [2008] NPC 122, [2009] 2 WLR 1257, [2009] Ch 313 Links: Bailii Coram: Richard Snowden, QC Ratio: The claimant was sole residuary...
View ArticleSudeley v Attorney-General: HL 1897
References: [1897] AC 11 Coram: Lord Herschell, Lord Davey Ratio: The husband had died leaving part of his residuary estate to his widow. She then died before the estate was fully administered. Both...
View ArticleCommissioner of Stamp Duties (Queensland) v Livingston: PC 7 Oct 1964
References: [1965] AC 694, [1964] UKPC 2, [1964] UKPC 45 Links: Bailii, Bailii Coram: Viscount Radcliffe Ratio: A testator had died domiciled in New South Wales and with real and personal property both...
View ArticleMuckleston v Brown: 1801
References: (1801) 6 Ves. 52 Coram: Lord Eldon Ratio: ‘Let the estate lie where it falls.’ Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Cited – Cantor v Cox ((1975) 239 EG 121) An unmarried...
View ArticleBibin v Walker: 1768
References: (1768) Amb 661, [1768] 27 ER 429 Ratio: The will contained a clause devised land ‘which he had before given to A’ over to B in the happening of an event. Held: The clause operated as a...
View ArticleGhai v Newcastle City Council: Admn 8 May 2009
References: [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin), Times 18-May-2009, [2009] NPC 68 Links: Bailii Coram: Cranston J Ratio: The claimant argued that the restrictions on open air cremations as required by his Hindu...
View ArticleBurns v Campbell: 1951
References: [1952] 1 KB 15, [1951] 2 All ER 965 Ratio: An action commenced by a plaintiff in a representative capacity which the plaintiff does not in fact possess is a nullity, and, further, that it...
View ArticleThe Goods of Pearn, Re: 1875
References: [1875] 1 PD 70 Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Cited – Weatherhill v Pearce ChD (Times 07-Nov-94, Ind Summary 05-Dec-94) The testatrix had signed her name by...
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