Worby, Worby and Worby v Rosser: CA 28 May 1999
References: Times 09-Jun-1999, Gazette 16-Jun-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 1520, [2000] PNLR 140 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Justice Peter Gibson Lord Justice Ward Lord Justice Chadwick Ratio: Three potential...
View ArticleHannigan v Hannigan: CA 18 May 2000
References: [2000] EWCA Civ 159 Links: Bailii Coram: Peter Gibson, Brooke, Robert Walker LJJ Ratio: The widow appealed against strike out of her claim under the 1975 Act. It had been filed with several...
View ArticleIn the Matter of the Will of 23rd July 1987 of Clara Broadbent Dec’d: CA 17...
References: Times 27-Jun-2001, Gazette 12-Jul-2001, [2001] EWCA Civ 714 Links: Bailii Ratio: A will left a charitable bequest to a particular church at a particular pace. Before the testator’s death...
View ArticleFranks v Sinclair and others: ChD 21 Dec 2006
References: [2006] EWHC 3365 (Ch) Links: Bailii Ratio: Challenge to will – whether testatrix executed it with proper knowledge an approval of its contents. Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update:...
View ArticlePreston v Barber: CA 5 Jun 2001
References: [2001] EWCA Civ 974 Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 30 March 2019 Ref: 218258 The post Preston v Barber: CA 5 Jun 2001 appeared first on swarb.co.uk.
View ArticleSrimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramendra Narayan Roy and Others: PC 30 Jul 1946
References: [1946] AC 508, [1946] UKPC 1 Links: Bailii, PC Coram: Lord Thankerton, Lord du Parcq, Sir Madhavan Nair Ratio: (Bengal) The appellant sought to claim a substantial inheritance. From many...
View ArticleMurray and Others (Gregory’s Trustees) v Gregory’s Trustees and Others: HL 8...
References: [1889] UKHL 787, 26 SLR 787 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Chancellor ( Halsbury), and Lords Watson and Macnaghten Ratio: By postnuptial contract spouses conveyed to each other in liferent, and...
View ArticleDa Silva v Heselton and Others: ChD 3 May 2018
References: [2018] EWHC 1181 (Ch) Links: Bailii Ratio: Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 31 March 2019 Ref: 631344 The post Da Silva v Heselton and Others: ChD 3 May 2018 appeared first on...
View ArticleCowan v Foreman and Others: FD 25 Feb 2019
References: [2019] EWHC 349 (Fam) Links: Bailii Coram: Mostyn J Ratio: Application by the claimant under section 4 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 for permission to...
View ArticleHubbard v Hamburger: ECJ 1 Jul 1993
References: Times 16-Jul-1993, Ind Summary 23-Aug-1993, C-20/92, [1993] EUECJ C-20/92, [1993] ECR 1-377 Links: Bailii Ratio: An order for security for costs was being sought against an English...
View ArticleMazurek v France: ECHR 1 Feb 2000
References: 34406/97, [2000] ECHR 48, (2006) 42 EHRR 9 Links: Bailii Ratio: ECHR Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 14+P1-1; Not necessary to examine Art. 14+8; Pecuniary damage...
View ArticleFuller v Strum: CA 7 Dec 2001
fuller_strumCA01 References: [2002] WTLR 199, Times 22-Jan-2002, Gazette 14-Feb-2002, [2001] EWCA Civ 1879, [2002] 2 All ER 87, [2002] 1 WLR 1087 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Justice Peter Gibson, Lord...
View ArticleWarriner v Rogers: 1800
References: LR 16 Eq 340 Coram: Sir James Bacon VC Ratio: (Year unknown) The donor wrote on pieces of paper that her servant was to have certain property on her death, but these documents did not...
View ArticleHudleston v Huddleston: 6 Feb 1852
References: [1852] EngR 212 (A), (1852) 2 Rob Ecc 424 Links: Commonlii Ratio: Administratian of a wife’s effects, who had lived with her husband until her death, granted to an antenuptial creditor. A...
View ArticleCorneby v Gibbons: 14 Mar 1849
References: [1849] EngR 392 (B), (1846) 1 Rob Ecc 705 Links: Commonlii Ratio: A will executed in 1846, containing in the body of it blank spaces, held to be entitled to probate, as the statute is...
View ArticleTod v Judith Cobb Lady Barton, William Godfrey Lukes Barton, The Royal...
References: [2002] EWHC 264 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Mr Justice Lawrence Collins Ratio: The deceased was an English scientist who died domiciled in Texas. His beneficiaries in England executed a deed...
View ArticleJennings v Rice, Wilson, Marsh, Norris, Norris, and Reed: CA 22 Feb 2002
References: [2002] EWCA Civ 159, [2003] 1 P and CR 100, [2003] 1 FCR 501 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Justice Aldous Lord Justice Mantell And Lord Justice Robert Walker Ratio: The claimant asserted a...
View ArticlePennington and Another v Waine, Crampton and others: CA 4 Mar 2002
References: Times 01-Apr-2002, Gazette 11-Apr-2002, [2002] EWCA Civ 227, [2002] 1 WLR 2075, [2002] 2 BCLC 448, [2002] 4 All ER 215 Links: Bailii Coram: Lord Justice Schiemann, Lord Justice Clarke and...
View ArticleRector of Wrington and The Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance v...
References: Times 29-Mar-2002, Gazette 11-Apr-2002, [2002] EWHC 218 (Ch) Links: Bailii Coram: Mr Justice Etherton Ratio: Land having been conveyed under the Act, and it no longer being needed as a...
View ArticleHolliday and Another v Musa and Others: CA 30 Mar 2010
References: [2010] 2 FLR 702, [2010] EWCA Civ 335, [2010] Fam Law 702, [2010] WTLR 839 Links: Bailii Coram: Waller VP, Rix Wilson LJJ Ratio: The adult children of the deceased appealed against a...
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