Baker v Baker
Friday, 14th March 2008
[2008] All ER (D) 179 (Mar); 13 March 2008; Chancery Division; Paul Girolami QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court
In this case it was held that the deceased did not have testamentary capacity to execute a valid will and so his estate passed on an intestacy. A counterclaiming applicant under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975,
Will & Trusts Law Reports - October 2007
Thursday, 15th November 2007
The new issue of Wills & Trusts Law Reports reports on the following cases: Read more
Negus v Bahouse
Monday, 29th October 2007
Chancery Division; Judge Roger Kaye QC; 23rd October 2007
The Claimant (C) entered into a relationship with the deceased (D). D assured her that if anything happened she would “have a roof over her head” and C gave up her job, left her home and moved in with him. Read more
P v E
Friday, 10th August 2007
[2007] WTLR 691; Mrs Justice Black
This was a family provision case in which a housekeeper married her employer. Read more
Garland v Morris
Friday, 10th August 2007
[2007] WTLR 797; Michael Furness QC, sitting as a deputy judge
This was a family provision application, by an adult child of the deceased, which did not succeed.
Lansforsakringar Bank AB v Wood
Monday, 30th July 2007
[2007] All ER (D) 254 (Jul); Patten J
Here it was held that the effect of an order under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 was to reorder the provisions of the deceased’s will. It could not be the subject of a third party debt order under CPR Pt 72.2.
