Browne v Munokoa and Another: PC 16 Jul 2018
References: [2018] UKPC 18 Links: Bailii Ratio: (Cook Islands) Succession to lands Jurisdiction: Commonwealth Last Update: 18-Jul-18 Ref: 619844 The post Browne v Munokoa and Another: PC 16 Jul 2018...
View ArticleAnderson and Others (Binnie’s Trustees) v Prendergast and Others: SCS 21 Jan...
References: [1910] SLR 271 Links: Bailii Ratio: Succession – Division per stirpes or per capita Jurisdiction: Scotland This case is cited by: Appeal from – Anderson and Others (Binnie’s Trustees) v...
View ArticleRe Saunders’s Estate; Saunders v Watson: 16 Jan 1863
References: [1863] EngR 139, (1863) 4 Giff 179, (1863) 66 ER 669 Links: Commonlii Ratio: Last Update: 18 July 2018 Ref: 282794 The post Re Saunders’s Estate; Saunders v Watson: 16 Jan 1863 appeared...
View ArticleRe Smith: 1880
References: (1880) 42 Ch D 302 Ratio: Once an estate has been administered, the personal representative becomes a trustee; and at that stage the court’s inherent jurisdiction to control trusts arises...
View ArticleJoint Stock Company ‘Aeroflot- Russian Airlines’ and Another v Berezovskaya...
References: [2014] EWHC 70 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Morgan J Ratio: Last Update: 18 July 2018 Ref: 520822 The post Joint Stock Company ‘Aeroflot- Russian Airlines’ and Another v Berezovskaya and...
View ArticleGrahame v Marquis of Montrose and James Fenton: SCS 1 Mar 1685
References: [1685] Mor 16887 Links: Bailii Ratio: The objection to a testament, that one of the witnesses was a legatee, was repelled. Last Update: 18 July 2018 Ref: 547665 The post Grahame v Marquis...
View Article— v — Case 235: 1794
References: [1794] EngR 11, (1794) 2 Show KB 242, (1794) 89 ER 916 (A) Links: Commonlii Ratio: On a devise of money to be disposed among the testator’s children, at the direction of the executors, the...
View ArticleMurray v King’s Advocate: SCS 18 Feb 1502
References: [1502] Mor 1346 Links: Bailii Ratio: A bastard leaving a wife, but no children, the King’s donatary has right to the whole heritage and heirship moveables; also to the half of the other...
View ArticlePaynter and Another v Hinch: ChD 17 Jan 2013
References: [2013] EWHC 13 (Ch) Links: Bailii Ratio: Challenge t knowledge and approval of contents of will when executed. Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 22-Jul-18 Ref: 470131 The post...
View ArticleClarke v Bruce Lance and Co: CA 1988
References: [1988] 1 All ER 364, [1988] 1 WLR 881, [1989] ANZ Conv R 25, (1988) 85 LSG 37 Coram: Balcombe LJ Ratio: The defendant solicitors drafted a will, which the testator executed in 1973. The...
View ArticleEarl of Errol v N: SCS 3 Mar 1541
References: [1541] Mor 1347 Links: Bailii Ratio: A Bastard’s Relict has right to a share of his effects. – If the bastard was married, and died without children, the gift of bastardy carried only the...
View ArticleDuncan Dundas, Donatour, v James Moffet: SCS 24 Mar 1546
References: [1546] Mor 1343 Links: Bailii Ratio: A Bastard’s Children succeed to him. Last Update: 22 July 2018 Ref: 543986 The post Duncan Dundas, Donatour, v James Moffet: SCS 24 Mar 1546 appeared...
View ArticlePerry and Another v Neupert: ChD 20 Jun 2018
References: [2018] EWHC 1788 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Henry Carr J Ratio: Application for removal of executor Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 24-Jul-18 Ref: 619888 The post Perry and...
View ArticleRamalakshmi Ammal v Sivanantha Perumal Sethurayar: PC 15 Mar 1872
References: [1872] EngR 20, (1872) 14 Moo Ind App 570, (1872) 20 ER 898 Links: Commonlii Ratio: Leading Case Last Update: 23 July 2018 Ref: 280110 The post Ramalakshmi Ammal v Sivanantha Perumal...
View ArticleIn re Salmon (Deceased): 1981
References: [1981] Ch 167 Coram: Megarry Ch Ratio: The time limit under the 1975 Act is ‘a substantive provision laid down in the Act itself and is not a mere procedural time limit imposed by rules of...
View ArticleEscritt v Escritt: 1981
References: [1982] 3 FLR 280 Ratio: Statutes: Administration of Justice Act 1975 4 Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Distinguished – In Re the Estate of Ronald Ernest Chittock...
View ArticleRegina v Investor’s Compensation Scheme, ex Parte Bowden: QBD 17 Feb 1993
References: Independent 17-Feb-1993, Gazette 07-Apr-1993 Ratio: The Investors’ Compensation Scheme must exercise discretion in quantifying a claim. An investor’s right to make a claim under the scheme...
View ArticleRe Adams (deceased): ChD 1990
References: [1990] 2 All ER 97, [1990] Ch 601 Ratio: The scoring through of part of a a will so that it was impossible to see by the naked eye whether it had been signed or executed at all was to be...
View ArticleDe Muller and Another v Harrison-Morgan: ChD 24 Jul 2018
References: [2018] EWHC 1904 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Hacon HHJ Ratio: Administrators’ action to recover property allegedly due to estate Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 31-Jul-18 Ref:...
View ArticleSmith v Smith and Others: ChD 12 Jul 2001
References: Times 18-Jun-2001, Gazette 12-Jul-2001 Ratio: The claimant had executed a voluntary disclaimer, under which he renounced all his expectation under a will. The testator was still alive....
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