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Assessing Mental Capacity
There are various mental illnesses that affect mental capacity, from dementia and psychosis (i.e. sc...
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From The Voice to Courtroom
Bo Bruce’s £2 million inheritance dispute with brother concludes in him being removed as...
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Contesting A Will After Grant of Representation in the UK
Under normal proceedings in the event of the death of a family member or loved one, a Grant of Proba...
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Contentious probate Q&A Question 4
“My husband of 30 years has recently died. I have discovered that he made a Will 29 years ago leavin...
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Contentious probate Q&A Question 3
“I have submitted an application for a Grant of Probate in my mum’s estate but have been...
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Contentious probate Q&A Question 2
“My partner of 20 years died 2 months ago without a Will. We were never married but I always believe...
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Pitfalls of Virtual Wills throughout the Coronavirus Pandemic likely to bring about new reasons for disputing validity of Wills
When the UK entered lockdown in March 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic, challenges were ...
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Inheritance Disputes – The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Whether a person dies with a legally valid Will or their estate is distributed under the law of inte...
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High Court rules that spouse, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing her abusive husband, can inherit his estate.
The High Court has recently handed down its judgment in the case of Challen v Challen [2020] EWHC 13...
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Court allows Widow to cut stepdaughter out of her will in the recent case of Shapton v Seviour
The Deceased, Colin Seviour, died in August 2016 leaving his estate of approximately £268,000 ...
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COVID-19: Government has no immediate plans to relax will witnessing formalities to safeguard elderly and vulnerable from undue influence and fraud.
We wrote earlier this month as reminder of the importance of having a valid Will in place, to ensure...
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Where do I stand if I have been cut out of a Will?
The general rule is that people have the freedom to decide who they leave their assets to, so long a...
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Siblings battle over the validity of their mother’s Will
The High Court has recently considered the case of Rea v Rea which demonstrates some of the grounds ...
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Who died first? The inheritance consequences behind times of death
I know what you’re thinking; how can it be that after a harrowing and tragic course of events culmin...
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Cowan v Foreman [2019] and the time limits for bringing claims under the Inheritance Act 1975
The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the Inheritance Act”) has long been...
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Challenging times : what happens when family is cut out of the will
High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows d...
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Inheritance Provision and Contested Probate developments
The County Court at Leeds handed down judgment regarding the estate of Stanley Nahajec in the first ...
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Challenging a Will
The legal field is experiencing a substantial increase in the number of inheritance claims. Recent y...
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Property prices help fuel family inheritance court battles
Rising property prices are helping to fuel increased numbers of inheritance disputes reaching the co...