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Probate: Promises, promises
The parable of the prodigal son has resonance in modern probate disputes. Alex Troup discusses ‘The judge’s finding that the deceased had deliberately broken the agreement to equalise the balance between her two children explained the difference between her old will and the disputed will.’ The parable of the prodigal son has all the makings …
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- Banks v Goodfellow (1869-70) LR 5 QB 549
- Davies & anr v Davies [2016] EWCA Civ 463
- Edwards v Edwards & ors [2007] EWHC 1119 (Ch); [2007] WTLR 1387 ChD
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- Simon v Byford & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 280; [2014] WTLR 1097 CA
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- Todd v Parsons [2020] WTLR 305
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