Dale v Banga and Others: CA 24 Feb 2021
‘what the appeal court should do when fresh evidence is adduced after a trial which allegedly shows that the judgment below was obtained by fraud, the conduct relied upon being that of a witness and of...
View ArticleGregory and Another v Moore and Others: ChD 23 Sep 2019
Marsh CM [2019] EWHC 2430 (Ch) Bailii Forfeiture Act 1982 1(2) England and Wales Updated: 03 March 2021; Ref: scu.642624 br> The post Gregory and Another v Moore and Others: ChD 23 Sep 2019 appeared...
View ArticleYounger v Saner: CA 25 Jul 2002
Lord Justice Auld, Lord Justice Robert Walker, Lady Justice Arden [2002] EWCA Civ 1077 Bailii Trustee Act 1925 61 England and Wales Updated: 03 March 2021; Ref: scu.174427 br> The post Younger v...
View ArticleFerneley v Napier and Others: ChD 17 Dec 2010
The claimant said that the defendants had destroyed her deceased lover’s will. Mann J [2010] EWHC 3345 (Ch) Bailii Updated: 03 March 2021; Ref: scu.427289 br> The post Ferneley v Napier and Others:...
View ArticleBarrass v Harding: CA 27 Jun 2000
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss Elizabeth Butler-Sloss D P, Thorpe LJ [2000] EWCA Civ 521, [2000] Fam Law 878, [2001] 1 FLR 138, [2000] WTLR 1071, [2001] 1 FCR 297 Bailii Inheritance (Provision for Family and...
View ArticleCameron v Cameron: ChD 12 Feb 2021
Deputy Master Linwood [2021] EWHC 229 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 04 March 2021; Ref: scu.658127 br> The post Cameron v Cameron: ChD 12 Feb 2021 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleHoward v Howard-Lawson: ChD 21 Jan 2011
The parties disputed the inheritance under a name and arms clause in a will. Proudman J [2011] WTLR 397, [2011] NPC 8, [2011] EWHC 63 (Ch) Bailii Updated: 04 March 2021; Ref: scu.428195 br> The post...
View ArticleHope and Another v Knight: ChD 15 Dec 2010
The separated widow and the deceased’s daughter sought reasonable provision from the estate. Purle QC HHJ [2010] EWHC 3443 (Ch), [2011] WTLR 583 Bailii Inheritance (Provisions for Family and...
View ArticleGeorge Pemberton, Executor Of Sarah Shuter v John Chapman, Public Officer Of...
[1858] EngR 938, (1858) El Bl and El 1056, (1858) 120 ER 802 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 04 March 2021; Ref: scu.289409 br> The post George Pemberton, Executor Of Sarah Shuter v John...
View ArticleRe P: CoP 1 Oct 2019
Application for authority to execute a statutory will on behalf of P. Her Honour Judge Hilder [2019] EWCOP 42 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 04 March 2021; Ref: scu.642856 br> The post Re P: CoP...
View ArticleIn re Avard (dec’d): 1948
[1948] Ch 43 England and Wales Cited by: Wrongly decided – Hayward v Jackson ChD 18-Feb-2003 The claimant had been given an option in the will to purchase land from the estate, but the price was not...
View ArticlePentland-Clark v Patrick Collinge Gravatt Wilson and Others: SCS 11 Jun 2009
Lady Paton, Lord Reed, Lord Carloway [2009] ScotCS CSIH – 48 Bailii Scotland Updated: 05 March 2021; Ref: scu.346937 br> The post Pentland-Clark v Patrick Collinge Gravatt Wilson and Others: SCS 11...
View ArticleSlowe v Wilmott: 1845
[1845] EngR 237 (B), (1845) 2 Wms Saund 402 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 05 March 2021; Ref: scu.303379 br> The post Slowe v Wilmott: 1845 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleElder’s Trustees v Elder: SCS 16 Mar 1895
Succession – Conditio si testator sine liberis decesserit – Trust – Settlement – Revocation of prior will – Presumption. – While the law presumes that a will which makes no provision for children...
View ArticleMarley and 11 Others v Mutual Security Merchant Bank and Trust Co Ltd Co: PC...
BANKING – EQUITY, TRUSTS, PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR’S POWERS OF INVESTMENT Bank as sole administrator cannot invest estate funds in its own deposits in the absence of express sanction in the trust...
View ArticleChitolie v Chitolie and Another: CA 7 Mar 2002
[2002] EWCA Civ 483 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 05 March 2021; Ref: scu.216900 br> The post Chitolie v Chitolie and Another: CA 7 Mar 2002 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleLim v Thompson: ChD 14 Oct 2009
The claimant sought revocation of letters of administration granted to the defendant, asserting the existence of a valid will. The defendant said that the will was not validly executed. Only a copy had...
View ArticleVarmer v Mason: CA 10 Nov 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 1559 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 06 March 2021; Ref: scu.450048 br> The post Varmer v Mason: CA 10 Nov 2011 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleEdwards v Gunning: 8 Jan 1837
[1837] EngR 359, (1837-8) 7 Ad and E 253, (1837) 112 ER 467 (B) Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 06 March 2021; Ref: scu.313476 br> The post Edwards v Gunning: 8 Jan 1837 appeared first on...
View ArticleHorton v Wilmot: 3 Feb 1842
[1842] EngR 253, (1842) 3 Curt 52, (1842) 163 ER 652 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 06 March 2021; Ref: scu.307208 br> The post Horton v Wilmot: 3 Feb 1842 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
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