Will of His Late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Re The:...
Publication and Admission of Will The will of the late HRH the Prince Phillip was admitted to Probate, but a copy was sealed and not to be published, nor the value of the estate. The court took the...
View ArticleDoo and Another v Brabant and Another: 1792
[1792] EngR 695, (1792) 4 TR 706, (1792) 100 ER 1256 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 25 September 2021; Ref: scu.358907 br> The post Doo and Another v Brabant and Another: 1792 appeared first...
View ArticleCrellin v Latta: SCS 16 Nov 1892
One of the parties to an antenuptial contract of marriage conveyed to trustees certain funds to which ‘she will succeed in and through the settlements of her father, particularly a sum of pounds 4000,...
View ArticleJohnston v Henry-Anderson and Others (Johnston’s Trustees): SCS 16 Nov 1892
A testatrix directed her trustees to hold one-half of her estate for her nephew in trust until he reached the age of twenty-five, with certain discretionary powers as to payment of interest and earlier...
View ArticleVincent v Revenue and Customs (Inheritance Tax – Whether The Drafting In A...
INHERITANCE TAX – whether the drafting in a will created an interest in possession – yes – was the interest disclaimed – no [2019] UKFTT 657 (TC) Bailii Administration of Justice Act 1982 21,...
View ArticleWales v Dixon and Others: ChD 17 Jul 2020
Request for construction of gifts in will. Teverson M [2020] EWHC 1979 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 27 September 2021; Ref: scu.652793 br> The post Wales v Dixon and Others: ChD 17 Jul...
View ArticleThe Session and Committee Mosside Presbyterian Church v Watton and Another:...
[2014] NICh 30 Bailii Northern Ireland Updated: 29 September 2021; Ref: scu.667458 br> The post The Session and Committee Mosside Presbyterian Church v Watton and Another: ChNI 2 May 2014 appeared...
View ArticleBennett v Bennett: 12 Nov 1864
Construction – Will – Gift of Exceptional Property, Estate for Life. Eldest Son, Condition as to Name. [1864] EngR 736, (1864) 2 Dr and Sm 266, (1864) 62 ER 623 Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 29...
View ArticlePractice Direction: Public Trustee Office Law of Property (Miscellaneous...
Regarding service of notices on the Public Trustee under Administration of Estates Act 1925. Gazette 28-Jun-1995 Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 England and Wales Updated: 01...
View ArticleLyons and Another v Kerr-Robinson: ChD 24 Aug 2016
Application for promotion of interim adminsitrator of estate to full administrator. Master Matthews [2016] EWHC 2137 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 06 October 2021; Ref: scu.568639 br> The...
View ArticleSpiers v English: 1907
The two main principles which should guide the court in determining that costs in an appropriate suit are not to follow the event are firstly where the testator or those interested in the residue had...
View ArticleMitchell v Gard: 1 Dec 1963
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 for their costs to be paid out of the estate. Held: Sir James...
View ArticleFrancis Hoff and others v Mary Atherton: ChD 2004
A challenge to testamentary capacity falls within the second exception in Spiers v English and not the first. Nicholas Warren QC [2004] EWHC 2007 (Ch) England and Wales Citing: Cited – Re Cutliffe’s...
View ArticleCole v Willard: 24 Jun 1858
The testator, on his marriage, covenanted that his representatives should, within three months after his decease, pay 2000 pounds to trustees, to be held for his wife for life. By his will, after...
View ArticleRe Cutliffe’s Estate: CA 1958
In attacking the will, the unsuccessful defendants had pleaded undue influence as well as lack of due execution and want of knowledge and approval, but their evidence had been disbelieved. They...
View ArticleStretchly and Vermuden (No 2): 1685
[1685] EngR 3076, (1685) 3 Keb 712, (1685) 84 ER 968 (C) Commonlii England and Wales Citing: See Also – Stretchy And Vermuden (No 1) 1685 Executors . . Lists of cited by and citing cases may be...
View ArticleTaylor v Usherwood: 1681
[1681] EngR 161, (1681) Al 8, (1681) 82 ER 886 (B) Commonlii England and Wales Updated: 08 October 2021; Ref: scu.402165 br> The post Taylor v Usherwood: 1681 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleSmyth v Rafferty and Others: SCS 1 Apr 2011
Lord Hardie [2011] ScotCS CSIH – 27 Bailii Scotland Updated: 08 October 2021; Ref: scu.431767 br> The post Smyth v Rafferty and Others: SCS 1 Apr 2011 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleHenry Labouchere And Others v Emily Tupper And Others: PC 17 Jun 1857
Isle of Man – An executor of a trader carying on the trade after his death, though not avowedly in the character of executor, is nevertheless persmally liable for all the debts contracted in the trade...
View ArticleStuddert (Deceased), Re The Estate of: ChD 31 Jul 2020
Directions where estate possibly subject to claims for historic sex abuse. [2020] EWHC 1869 (Ch) Bailii England and Wales Updated: 13 October 2021; Ref: scu.653020 br> The post Studdert (Deceased),...
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