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The French diplomat’s daughter, his disputed Will, the false CCTV evidence and the family inheritanc
After the widely reported inheritance claim brought by an adult child in the Ilott v Mitson case, the recent case of Brennan v Prior is another example of an adult child disputing their inheritance. ...
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A recent judgment will come as a welcome relief for employers after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that it is not discriminatory to suspend the provision of childcare vouchers...
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On 1 March 2016 the Supreme Court granted three charities permission to appeal an inheritance dispute. The Court of Appeal decision in 2015 attracted a significant media response and no...
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With many people living longer and the younger generation unlikely to be as well off as their parents, helping our children and grandchildren financially is increasingly common. Concerns about inheritance...
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Unusually, the Will of recently deceased American author Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill A Mockingbird, is to be kept private after an Alabama Judge ordered the record sealed. ...
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The second reading of the ‘No Fault’ Divorce Private Members Bill is due in Parliament on 11 March 2016. At the moment, to apply for a divorce in England and...
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A legal dispute spanning three countries and involving an estimated $1bn fortune went before the High Court recently. The key issue involves access to tissue samples from the oligarch’s body,...
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Why save and nurture my finances only for them to be used to pay for my care? The Care Act 2014 was to be introduced in April 2016 to cap...
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The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in January 2016 was recorded as 47,426 according to figures recently released by the Office of National Statistics. Despite the fact...
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The term ‘battle of the forms’ has been coined to describe situations where parties have reached an agreement negotiated on two different sets of standard terms, and it is uncertain...
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