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Musings From Manchester: Plus ça change
Geoffrey Shindler considers how the court dealt with will and trust disputes in 1914 ‘Despite the fact that people have been dying ever since they were born and that trust law in this country is probably 700 years old, we were (and still are) finding problems that the law has not previously resolved.’We are going …
Cases Referenced
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- British Red Cross Balkan Fund [1914] 2 Ch 419
- Clayton's Case (Devaynes v Noble) (1816) 1 Mer 572
- Marley v Rawlings [2011] WTLR 595 ChD; [2012] WTLR 639 CA; [2014] WTLR 299 SC; [2014] WTLR 1511 SC (costs)
- Nocton v Lord Ashburton [1914] AC 932
- Re Compton [1914] 2 Ch 119
- Re Drummond [1914] 2 Ch 90
- Re Green [1914] 1 Ch 134