Gavriel and Another v Davis: ChD 30 Aug 2019
‘This is perhaps, more than anything else, a claim that involves a cautionary tale where an executor takes a grant in respect of a will, which does not have a charging clause, without having obtained a...
View ArticleSchumacher and Another v Clarke and Others: ChD 25 Nov 2020
[2020] EWHC 3381 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 25 February 2021; Ref: scu.656885 br> The post Schumacher and Another v Clarke and Others: ChD 25 Nov 2020 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleEsson v Esson and Others: ChD 24 Nov 2009
Kevin Prosser QC [2009] EWHC 3045 (Ch), [2010] WTLR 187 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 25 February 2021; Ref: scu.416202 br> The post Esson v Esson and Others: ChD 24 Nov 2009 appeared first on...
View ArticlePudner and Another v Pudner: CA 27 Feb 2006
The parties challenged the validity of a will, and claimed the house by survivorship. The house had been conveyed into joint names, but the solicitors on registration had declared it a tenancy in...
View ArticleMcleod v Mcnab and Others: PC 17 Jul 1891
(Nova Scotia) [1891] UKPC 28 Bailii Commonwealth Updated: 25 February 2021; Ref: scu.417744 br> The post Mcleod v Mcnab and Others: PC 17 Jul 1891 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleStrickland and Others v Strickland: PC 8 Jul 1908
Malta [1908] UKPC 32, [1908] AC 551 Bailii Updated: 26 February 2021; Ref: scu.419936 br> The post Strickland and Others v Strickland: PC 8 Jul 1908 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticlePereira v Pereira; Perera v Perera: PC 23 Mar 1901
The court considered the effect of a testator having lost capacity at the time he executed his will, saying that, the principal inquiry as to testamentary capacity will be directed to the time when the...
View ArticleO’Flaherty Nee Donnelly, Re Declaration of The Presumed Death of: ChNI 9 Jan...
[2012] NICh 2 Bailii Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 Northern Ireland Updated: 27 February 2021; Ref: scu.451621 br> The post O’Flaherty Nee Donnelly, Re Declaration of The Presumed...
View ArticleH v Mitson and Others: FD 1 Dec 2009
Eleanor King J [2010] 1 FLR 1613, [2009] EWHC 3114 (Fam) Bailii Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 England and Wales Citing: Cited – In Re Coventry (deceased) CA 3-Jan-1979 The...
View Articlere Irish and Another: ChD 27 Sep 2019
Presumption of Death – Expedited Hearings A declaration was sought under the 2013 Act. Although the Act requires a compulsory directions hearing and a separate disposal hearing, where the procedural...
View ArticleLong v Rodman and Others: ChD 2 May 2019
[2019] EWHC 2451 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 27 February 2021; Ref: scu.641399 br> The post Long v Rodman and Others: ChD 2 May 2019 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleSoona Mayna Kana Roona Meyappa Chitty v Soona Navena Suppramanian Chitty: PC...
(Singapore) [1916] UKPC 15 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 28 February 2021; Ref: scu.423618 br> The post Soona Mayna Kana Roona Meyappa Chitty v Soona Navena Suppramanian Chitty: PC 2 Mar 1916...
View ArticleCharles and Others v Fraser: ChD 11 Aug 2010
The claimants said that the last will had purported to revoke and earlier but mutual will. They said that the executors should be required to implement the revoked will. The wills had been made by...
View ArticleArk and Others v Kaur and Others: ChD 17 Sep 2010
ark_kaurChD10 The proponents sought to have the will (executed in India) admitted to probate. The daughters denied that he had executed it. The court heard detailed explanations of the procedures said...
View ArticleBarrett v Hammond and Others: ChD 6 Nov 2020
Kramer J [2020] EWHC 3585 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 01 March 2021; Ref: scu.657803 br> The post Barrett v Hammond and Others: ChD 6 Nov 2020 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleSaddique v Sadiq and Another: CA 3 Mar 2010
Lord Justice Moore-Bick: [2010] EWCA Civ 458 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 01 March 2021; Ref: scu.414589 br> The post Saddique v Sadiq and Another: CA 3 Mar 2010 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleO’Brien v Seagrave and Another: ChD 23 Mar 2007
The claimant had cohabited with the deceased. After his death, she applied for a grant of letters of administration in his estate, but this was rejected on the basis that she had no sufficient interest...
View ArticleDhillon v Dhillon and Another: ChD 18 Sep 2019
Re Beddoe application – whether wills were mutual Teverson M [2019] EWHC 2442 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 01 March 2021; Ref: scu.641407 br> The post Dhillon v Dhillon and Another: ChD 18...
View ArticleCharles Blakesley v Joseph Smallwood and Smallwood, Executors of John...
[1846] EngR 33, (1846) 8 QB 538, (1846) 115 ER 978 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 01 March 2021; Ref: scu.301929 br> The post Charles Blakesley v Joseph Smallwood and Smallwood, Executors of...
View ArticleBaynton-Williams v Baynton-Williams: ChD 19 Aug 2019
[2019] EWHC 2179 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 02 March 2021; Ref: scu.641403 br> The post Baynton-Williams v Baynton-Williams: ChD 19 Aug 2019 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
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