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I’m increasingly seeing the fallout from so-called “family protection trusts” and in fact I’m currently dealing with two such cases....

The High Court has handed down its judgment on the removal of trustees in a dispute over the administration of a discretionary trust...

In keeping with the ever increasing diversity of families, family life, marriages and cohabiting couples - there is an emerging trend of...

A recent High Court ruling has resolved a contentious legal battle over the £1.9m estate of Candia Midworth, a llama enthusiast from...

The FT has published a thoughtful article (here) reminding us how important pre nups can be in the protection they offer divorcing...

In a recent dispute over his late father’s estate, appellant Sharas Changizi was left not only empty-handed but owing over £100,000 in...

Published on 16 May 2025, the Law Commission Report on modernising the law governing wills put forward various changes that, if approved,...

In a recent case, “spiteful” mother Katherine Hill was ordered to repay £50,000 that she stole from her own daughters’ inheritances. The...

In the recent 1975 Act case Howe v Howe, an estranged adult child claimant was awarded £125,000 from her late father’s £1.4m estate,...

The long-awaited Law Commission report on reform to the law relating to wills has recommended significant and (mostly) welcome changes...

The widow of Dennis Cockell, who tattooed Adam Ant and members of The Sex Pistols and Bananarama, is embroiled in a High Court dispute...

Probate documents have revealed that former One Direction star Liam Payne left behind an estate worth over £24m and died without...