Mercers Contentious Trusts & Estates

Occasional updates and comment about will and trust disputes

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Widow fights 'cruel and greedy children' over estate | Property Surveying https://t.co/ohnopAP5Pt

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Student claims aunt has betrayed dying mum's wish in court row over £600k home - Mirror Online https://t.co/ENvVpRNMry

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75 Act claim - para 69(e) reminds need relationship + need + “something more” (eg moral claim). Also, held, at 138, a success fee can be claimed. Higgins v Morgan & Ors [2021] EWHC 2846 (Ch) (21 October 2021) https://t.co/nEy73GK1j8

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My sibling has stolen our late mother’s will. Is this a crime? | Life and style | The Guardian https://t.co/1wiM7q5qRb

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Establishing Fraudulent Calumny – Has the mind of the Testator been ‘poisoned’? | Today's Wills and Probate https://t.co/WB0k6TSR8Y

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Interesting article by Michael Cash and Sarah Arnold of @Penningtonslaw on charities and the 1975 Act - can retain correspondence with T despite GDPR https://t.co/JTZgbYyODp

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The adult child strikes back (or more appropriately The adult child with a disability strikes back) https://t.co/1VQAgKLT01

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Zulu king will dispute https://t.co/QUAsRM3f0a

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Inheritance tax UK: Will disputes rise - how can Wills be challenged and be made invalid? | Personal Finance | Finance | https://t.co/kzYAbkFNPD https://t.co/AtpaFNTmhJ

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DIY wills can often lead to inheritance and will disputes – Saddleworth Independent https://t.co/DERFKOja4g

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Bank manager wins High Court fight with brother after being cut out of 'deluded' mother's £325k will | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/TDSW5ueRu5

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'Insane delusions': bitter wills dispute adjourned by court | News | Law Gazette https://t.co/hZWj8qoC2L

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Agatha Christie‘s Crooked House... a will dispute looming @netflix

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Mediation on zoom to help settle Will disputes - by ⁦@legalfutures⁩ and ⁦@UKWillRegister⁩ https://t.co/U7IwOeC2jx

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John Clitheroe instructs ⁦@irwinmitchell⁩ to overturn first instance decision, MCA v Banks tests considered https://t.co/fCbqTmMclT

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COVID-19 causes risk of conflict warns Darlington law firm | Bdaily https://t.co/1XcUKn9AJC

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“The case of the missing original will”.....if busy, just read the opening paragraphs then scroll to the end. Indemnity costs! Face v Cunningham & Anor [2020] EWHC 3119 (Ch) (28 October 2020) https://t.co/3tDS9osWjX

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Funeral and burial disputes - Legal Futures - who owns the ashes? https://t.co/92wBFLS9Dp

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Larke v Nugus requests – the cornerstone of will disputes? - a useful reminder of the facts of this case. Mr Larke didn’t even release a copy of the will! Yes, need to respect confidentiality- but executors must help avoid expensive needless challenges! https://t.co/Iii9dxWSwt