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The 1975 Act: Drink, drugs and bohemia
Jamie Randall examines a case of an aristocratic family estrangement and an adult claim under the 1975 Act ‘Although the starting point is testamentary freedom, there is no escaping that the purpose of the Act is to give effect to some sort of moral obligation to provide for surviving family members and dependants.’ In Wellesley …
Cases Referenced
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- Ilott v Mitson & ors [2015] EWCA Civ 797; [2015] WTLR 1399 CA
- Ilott v The Blue Cross & ors [2017] UKSC 17; [2017] WTLR 533 SC
- Nahajec v Fowle [2017] WTLR 1071
- Re Coventry (Deceased) [1980] 1 Ch 461
- Re Dennis deceased [1981] 2 All ER 140
- Re Hancocks [1998] EWCA Civ 764
- Ubbi v Ubbi [2018] EWHC 1396 (Ch); [2018] WTLR 1039 ChD
- Wellesley v Wellesley & ors [2019] EWHC 11 (Ch)
- Wright v Waters & anor [2015] WTLR 353