Kohn v Wagschal and others: CA 24 Oct 2007
References: [2007] EWCA Civ 1022 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 10 December 2018 Ref: 260051 The post Kohn v Wagschal and others: CA 24 Oct 2007 appeared first on...
View ArticleThorner v Curtis and others: ChD 26 Oct 2007
References: [2007] EWHC 2422 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: John Randall QC Ratio: The claimant said that the deceased, his father and a farmer, had made representations to him over many years that if the...
View ArticleKostic v Chaplin and others: ChD 7 Dec 2007
References: [2007] EWHC 2909 (Ch), Times 11-Jan-2008 Links: Bailii Coram: Henderson J Ratio: The claimant had brought contentious probate proceedings, and succeeded in establishing that the deceased...
View ArticleNestle v National Westminster Bank: CA 6 May 1992
References: [1992] EWCA Civ 12, [1993] 1 WLR 1260, [1994] 1 All ER 118 Links: Bailii Coram: Dillon, Staughton, Leggatt LJJ Ratio: The claimant said that the defendant bank as trustee of her late...
View ArticleSen v Headley: CA 28 Feb 1991
References: [1991] EWCA Civ 13, [1991] Ch 425 Links: Bailii Coram: Purchas, Nourse, Leggatt LJJ Ratio: D, who was in hospital and near death, said to R (his former partner): ‘The house is yours,...
View ArticleOsoba v Osoba and others: CA 31 Oct 1978
References: [1979] 1 WLR 247, [1979] 2 All ER 393, [1978] EWCA Civ 3 Links: Bailii Coram: Buckley, Goff, Eveleigh LJJ Ratio: Appeal by the plaintiff from an order declaring upon the true construction...
View ArticlePaul v Constance: CA 8 Jul 1976
References: [1976] EWCA Civ 2, [1977] 1 WLR 527 Links: Bailii Coram: Scarman LJ Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales This case is cited by: Cited – Legg and Another v Burton and Others ChD (Bailii,...
View ArticleRe Tuck’s Settlement Trusts: CA 1 Nov 1977
References: [1977] EWCA Civ 11, [1978] Ch 49, [1978] 1 All ER 1047, [1978] 2 WLR 411 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Denning MR Lord Russell of Killowen, Eveleigh LJ Ratio: By his will, Sir Adolph Tuck...
View ArticleSatterthwaite, Re: CA 26 Jan 1966
References: [1966] EWCA Civ 3, [1966] 1 WLR 277, [1966] 1 All ER 919 Links: Bailii Coram: Harman, Diplock, Russell LJJ Ratio: The testatrix, a wealthy widow had left nearly all her fortune to animal...
View ArticleHolder v Holder; In re Frank Holder dec: CA 8 Dec 1967
References: [1967] EWCA Civ 2, [1968] Ch 353, [1968] 1 All ER 665, [1968] 2 WLR 237 Links: Bailii Coram: Harman LJ, Danckwerts LJ, Sachs LJ Ratio: The court considered a complaint that a trustee had...
View ArticleMacDonald (M’Dougal’s Trustee) v Heinemann and Others: HL 22 Nov 1917
References: [1917] UKHL 80, 55 SLR 80 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Chancellor (Finlay), Viscount Haldane, Lord Dunedin, Lord Atkinson, and Lord Parmoor Ratio: Succession – Conditio si sine liberis...
View ArticleGandhi v Patel and others: ChD 31 Jul 2001
References: [2001] EWHC Ch 473, [2002] 1 FLR 603 Links: Bailii Coram: Park J Ratio: This case is cited by: Cited – Hudson v Leigh FD ([2009] 2 FLR 1129, Bailii, [2009] EWHC 1306 (Fam), Times 17-Jul-09,...
View ArticleClark v Clark and others: ChD 12 Dec 2007
References: [2007] EWHC 3196 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Blackburne J Ratio: The court was asked to construe the meaning of a clause in a will identifying ‘my farm, known as The Homestead Farm’ and...
View ArticleBrown v Executors of the Estate of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and...
References: [2008] EWCA Civ 56, [2008] 1 WLR 2327, [2008] 1 WLR 2327 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Thorpe LJ, Dyson Lj Ratio: The claimant sought leave to appeal refusal of...
View ArticleGeorge Attenborough and Son v Solomon: HL 19 Nov 1912
References: [1912] UKHL 4, [1913] AC 76 Links: Bailii Coram: Viscount Haldane LC Ratio: The court asked whether an executor could validly pawn an asset of the estate. Also, the transfers of the two...
View ArticleCaudle v LD Law Ltd: QBD 29 Feb 2008
References: [2008] EWHC 374 (QB), [2008] 1 WLR 1540, [2008] WTLR 587 Links: Bailii Coram: Wyn Williams J Ratio: The claimant sought to take out letters of administration in the estate, and needed...
View ArticleHartshorne v Gardner: ChD 14 Mar 2008
References: [2008] EWHC B3 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Sonia Proudman QC Ratio: The deceased died in a motor accident, aged 44. The parties, his mother and father, disputed control over his remains....
View ArticleScammell and Another v Farmer: ChD 22 May 2008
References: [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch), [2008] WTLR 1261 Links: Bailii Coram: Stephen Smith QC Ratio: A challenge was made to will for the alleged lack of capacity of the testatrix who was said to have...
View ArticleRe Levick: ChD 1963
References: [1963] 1 WLR 31 Coram: Plowman J Ratio: The proper law ‘regulating’ the disposition of movable property for the purposes of section 28(2) was the law of the testator’s domicile at the time...
View ArticleBarron v Woodhead and Another: ChD 25 Jun 2008
References: [2008] EWHC B10 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Behrens J Ratio: Statutes: Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 Last Update: 13 December 2018 Ref: 270377 The post Barron v...
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