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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...

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...

In this recent court case, electrician John Baverstock successfully contested a will that left him disinherited from his mother's...

In this case, Mrs. Hanson sought to remove her brothers as executors of their father’s estate due to conflicts of interests (the brothers...

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the long awaited appeal of Hirachand v Hirachand. The unanimous decision of the...