Hodson v Hodson and Others: ChD 7 Nov 2006
Patten J [2006] EWHC 2878 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 29 March 2021; Ref: scu.341779 br> The post Hodson v Hodson and Others: ChD 7 Nov 2006 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleReasut Hossein v Hadjee Abdoollah and Another: PC 24 May 1876
(Fort William (Bengal)) [1876] UKPC 32 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 29 March 2021; Ref: scu.418785 br> The post Reasut Hossein v Hadjee Abdoollah and Another: PC 24 May 1876 appeared first on...
View ArticleThakoor Jeebnath Singh v The Court of Wards and Others: PC 11 Mar 1875
(Fort William (Bengal)) [1875] UKPC 22 Bailii England and Wales Updated: 29 March 2021; Ref: scu.418837 br> The post Thakoor Jeebnath Singh v The Court of Wards and Others: PC 11 Mar 1875 appeared...
View ArticleAustin v Mitchell and Another: ChD 14 Aug 2020
Shuman M [2020] EWHC 3486 (Ch) Bailii Presumption of Death Act 2013 2 England and Wales Updated: 30 March 2021; Ref: scu.659562 br> The post Austin v Mitchell and Another: ChD 14 Aug 2020 appeared...
View ArticleScudamore and Al v Scudamore: 1720
[1720] EngR 31, (1720) Prec Ch 543, (1720) 24 ER 244 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 30 March 2021; Ref: scu.390457 br> The post Scudamore and Al v Scudamore: 1720 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleKirwan v Kirwan: 25 Apr 1836
[1836] EngR 621, (1836) Donn Eq 71, (1836) 47 ER 233 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 30 March 2021; Ref: scu.314953 br> The post Kirwan v Kirwan: 25 Apr 1836 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleRokkan v Rokkan and Another: ChD 4 Mar 2021
Mr Justice Miles [2021] EWHC 481 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 31 March 2021; Ref: scu.659225 br> The post Rokkan v Rokkan and Another: ChD 4 Mar 2021 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleGardiner v Tabet and Another: ChD 15 Mar 2021
Whether a document appearing to be the last will of the deceased was duly executed and, if so, whether he had testamentary capacity and knew and approved of its contents when he signed it. Mr Justice...
View ArticleKenward v Adams: ChD 29 Nov 1975
The court set out certain precautions which might be taken by a solicitor drawing up a will for an aged testator or one who has been seriously ill. One such precaution was that if there was an earlier...
View ArticleTyler v Bell: 21 Jan 1837
[1837] EngR 421, (1837) 2 My and Cr 89, (1837) 40 ER 575 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 01 April 2021; Ref: scu.313538 br> The post Tyler v Bell: 21 Jan 1837 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleArk and Others v Kaur and Others: ChD 17 Sep 2010
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 to have been...
View ArticleMackinnon’s Trustees v Inland Revenue: HL 16 Jul 1920
In 1893 a Scotsman, who had contracted dissipated habits, executed a voluntary deed of separation and, with his wife’s approval, went to Australia. He lived in Brisbane from 1899 till his death in...
View ArticleCampbell’s Trustees v Campbell: HL 30 Nov 1920
A testator directed his trustees in the event of there being any residue of his estate ‘to apply the same for behoof of such charitable or other deserving institutions in connection with the city of...
View ArticleBrown’s Trustees v Gregson: HL 6 May 1920
A testator domiciled in Scotland conveyed his estate to trustees in trust for his seven children equally, six of them to take in fee and the seventh, a daughter, in liferent, the fee going to her...
View ArticlePerrins v Holland and Another: ChD 31 Jul 2009
The son of the deceased challenged the testamentary capacity of the testator and further claimed under the 1975 Act. The deceased was disabled and had substantial difficulty communicating. Held: The...
View ArticleReed v Madon: ChD 1989
The existence of exclusive rights of burial gives the owner of a body a right which is to be equated with a right of property, interference with which is actionableMorritt J described an exclusive...
View ArticleLe Grice v Ustricke: 20 Feb 1837
[1837] EngR 525, (1837) Donn Eq 194, (1837) 47 ER 316 (A) Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 05 April 2021; Ref: scu.313642 br> The post Le Grice v Ustricke: 20 Feb 1837 appeared first on...
View ArticleWhite (As Executor and Trustee of The Will of Joseph Robson Deceased) v...
The court found that a share of residuary estate left by a foreign resident to a registered political was in breach of the 2000 Act. The will was varied accordingly. Richard Sheldon QC sitting as a...
View ArticleKaur v Dhaliwal and Another: ChD 17 Jun 2014
The court was asked whether the Claimant is a person to whom section 1(1A) of the 1975 Act applies, namely a person who ‘during the whole of the period of two years immediately before the date when the...
View ArticleDobbie (Executrix-Dative of The Deceased Mrs Ellen Mcgowan or Patton) v...
[2016] ScotSC 6 Bailii Scotland Updated: 05 April 2021; Ref: scu.562041 br> The post Dobbie (Executrix-Dative of The Deceased Mrs Ellen Mcgowan or Patton) v Patton (Executor-Dative To The Deceased...
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