Taylor v Popham: 1782
PT, in his lifetime granted two annuities to his son and there being subsisting accounts between them by his will he gave him an annuity of andpound;600 on condition that he should within three months...
View ArticleIn re Gardner: 1920
A common intention of husband and wife and taking of benefit are sufficient to establish mutual wills. [1920] 2 Ch 523 England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Goodchild and Another v Goodchild CA...
View ArticleRe Flynn: ChD 1982
The deceased, who had given instructions for the preparation of the codicil some time earlier, was gravely ill after a heart attack at the time when he executed it and died the next day. The codicil...
View ArticleIn Re D (Statutory Will); VAC v JAD and Others: ChD 16 Aug 2010
The protected person’s deputy sought authority for making a statutory will for her. An earlier Enduring Power had been found to be a forgery, and a later will was also doubted. The deputy had been...
View ArticleBowles v Jackson: 28 Apr 1854
A soldier under orders to proceed from his station in one Indian presidency to take part in the war going on in another; and making his will only two clays before he commenced the march, is not...
View ArticleMason v Bogg: 4 May 1837
[1837] EngR 700, (1837) 2 My and Cr 443, (1837) 40 ER 709 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 03 June 2021; Ref: scu.313817 br> The post Mason v Bogg: 4 May 1837 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleGlaholm v Rowntree and Matchett, Executors Of Clark: 3 May 1837
[1837] EngR 693, (1837) 6 Ad and E 710, (1837) 112 ER 273 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 03 June 2021; Ref: scu.313810 br> The post Glaholm v Rowntree and Matchett, Executors Of Clark: 3 May...
View ArticleThe Attorney General for New South Wales v The Curator of Intestate Estates:...
(New South Wales) [1907] UKPC 48 Bailii Australia Updated: 03 June 2021; Ref: scu.419844 br> The post The Attorney General for New South Wales v The Curator of Intestate Estates: PC 31 Jul 1907...
View ArticleKayll v Rawlinson: ChD 2010
The parties disputed the validity of a will. Held: (obiter) David Richards J said that because it was common ground that the terms of the attestation clause did not reflect the manner in which the...
View ArticleIn Re Thurlow, Decd Riddick and Another v Kennard and Others: ChD 7 Jul 1971
cw Will – Construction – ‘Descendants’ – Residuary estate to be divided between descendants of late mother and of late father – Modern legal and ordinary meaning of ‘descendants’ – Whether...
View ArticlePrice v Dewhurst: 6 May 1837
[1837] EngR 717, (1837) 8 Sim 279, (1837) 59 ER 111 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 04 June 2021; Ref: scu.313834 br> The post Price v Dewhurst: 6 May 1837 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleRobert Burgh An Infant, By His Guardian, Executor of Eleanor Burgh, Executrix...
Joint Executors, one of them died and the Executor of the Executor of him who was dead, brought a Bill to be relieved against an Action of Trover brought by the surviving Executor, who demurred for...
View ArticleScipio Lesquire An Infant, By Susan His Mother And Guardian, Plaintiff;...
[1674] EngR 69, (1674) Fin H 134, (1674) 23 ER 73 (A) Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 04 June 2021; Ref: scu.406068 br> The post Scipio Lesquire An Infant, By Susan His Mother And Guardian,...
View ArticleRobert Leigh, Plaintiff; John Wood And John Leigh, Defendants: 1674
[1674] EngR 66, (1674) Fin H 135, (1674) 23 ER 73 (B) Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 04 June 2021; Ref: scu.406065 br> The post Robert Leigh, Plaintiff; John Wood And John Leigh, Defendants:...
View ArticleWorby, Worby and Worby v Rosser: CA 28 May 1999
Three potential beneficiaries sought payment from a solicitor of the costs of resisting the grant of probate to a will, saying that he had owed them a duty of care to ensure that the testator did not...
View ArticleWrangle v Brunt and Another: ChD 6 Jul 2020
Challenge to purported wills as forgeries. Held: Though the will was not executed as described in the attestation clause: ‘On the totality of the evidence before me, I am satisfied Dean understood and...
View ArticleEx Parte Atkins In The Matter Of The London And Southampton Railway Act: 2...
A wife in extremis, and having just been delivered of a child, appointed by will real property to her husband, in fee. After her death, the husband gave his bond for securing 30001. to the infant ;...
View ArticleRichard Cox, Administrator of Margaret Osborne Widow, Plaintiff; John...
[1674] EngR 64, (1674) Fin H 176, (1674) 23 ER 97 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 09 June 2021; Ref: scu.406063 br> The post Richard Cox, Administrator of Margaret Osborne Widow, Plaintiff;...
View ArticleBaynes v Hedger and Another: CA 7 May 2009
[2009] EWCA Civ 374, (2008-09) 11 ITELR 987, [2009] Fam Law 666, [2009] WTLR 759, [2009] 2 FCR 183 Bailii Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 England and Wales Updated: 14 June...
View ArticleRegina v Kelly; Regina v Lindsay: CACD 21 May 1998
Kelly was an artist allowed to draw anatomical specimens at the hospital, and Lindsay was a technician. They removed body parts from the hospital, and now appealed their convictions for theft. Held:...
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