Otitoju v Onwordi [2024] WTLR 655

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2024 #195

Two applications had been made concerning the funeral arrangements of the deceased. In the first application, the claimant (one of the deceased’s children who had the support of her siblings and her mother) applied for an order that she be entitled to possession of the deceased’s body and to make arrangements for its disposal, and for a limited grant of letters of administration (on the basis that the deceased died intestate) under the Senior Courts Act 1981 and an interim injunction restraining the defendant (the deceased’s former partner) from taking possession of the deceased...

Laird v Simcock & ors [2023] WTLR 1393

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Winter 2023 #193

The deed was intended to appoint a life interest in the assets not attracting IHT relief to the deceased’s widow, the first defendant. The interest so appointed would then qualify for the spousal exemption. Due to the wording of the deed however it appointed an interest in all of the trust assets, not merely those which did not qualify for IHT relief.

The claim was issued for rectification of the deed. The claim was adjourned with directions at the first hearing, the Master expressing the view that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the rectification claim. Further evidence ...