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A widow who left her husband two years before he died – serving divorce papers just two months his death – is challenging the will which left her just £36,000 of his £12 million fortune. Nigel Vindis, who owned Read More
A court in Minnesota has declared that the musician Prince had no known will and has moved to appoint an executor. The singer was responsible for a litany of hits including 1999, Purple Rain, When Doves Read More
A woman who wanted to die because she said she had lost her “sparkle” and had her decision to refuse treatment after a failed suicide attempt upheld will continue to remain anonymous. The respondent, known Read More
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A high court judge has rejected an appeal over a will which saw a man leave his entire estate to his Mistress – and nothing to his three children. Ken Jordan’s £2 million estate, built up Read More
A solicitor has been struck off and ordered to pay £10,000 costs over allegations he billed clients for work he didn’t do. David Michael Merrick had been a solicitor since 1981 but was suspended from his Read More
In order to leave a valid will, you need to have mental capacity at the time you sign the will, right? Wrong. The recent, sad case of Burns v Burns [2016] EWCA Civ 37 once again shows Read More
The widow of construction tycoon Ian Wooldridge has been told she’s “too wealthy” to receive extra from her late husband’s will. Thandi Wooldridge, who previously ran an advertising company and is worth £10 million Read More
The case of a woman who contested her late mother’s will after she was left nothing is to be heard in the Supreme Court after the three animal charities who originally received the whole Read More
A woman has been awarded a share in a property after her deceased partner failed to update his will in the eighteen years they lived together. Joy Williams, 69, had lived with her partner Norman Martin Read More
A former accountant has disinherited his children in favour of a charity and believes he’s secured it from a potential challenge. 85 year-old Don Day fell out with his youngest daughter, now in her 50s, Read More
The unedifying case of Watts v Watts [2015] EWCA Civ 1297 finally came to a close with a Judgment of the Court of Appeal on 21st December 2015. Some readers will recall the first instance judgment from March 2014, Read More
A man has been left "homeless and penniless" after taking his sister to Court over his mother’s deathbed will and losing. According to the Eastbourne Herald, Gary Watts, 45, claimed his mother Valerie Read More
The widow of construction tycoon, Ian Wooldridge, has taken her stepson to court for "a few million quid more" from the family fortune. Ian Wooldridge died in a helicopter crash in Northern Ireland Read More
An old age pensioner (OAP) has been given a suspended sentence for using an invalid will to stay in her former partner’s home. Joyce Lovelock of Derby showed the document to the family of Read More
A High Court judge recently dismissed a daughter’s claim to overturn her late father’s will Chloe Brennan, 40, of Reading was the only daughter of Francois Devillebichot, the son of French diplomat Georges Devillebichot Read More
A recent family legal dispute has shed more light on testamentary capacity, for professionals. McCabe v McCabe [2015] EWHC 1591 (Ch) has provided greater clarity for industry professionals regarding the importance of testamentary capacity when a legal Read More
Unfortunately that memory is often soured by disputes between loved ones in relation to the decisions made regarding the funeral. With people leading increasingly complex lives and with only one third of people having a Read More
Only Fools and Horses star, Roger Lloyd-Pack, died intestate leaving an estate worth £1.4 million, highlighting the problems that can arise from not creating a will. The issue of not creating a valid will is a Read More
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