Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2021 #183The deceased was born in pre-partition India in 1942, later living in Pakistan. She moved to England in 1965 where she married her husband who was also living in England. In 1986, the couple purchased an English property where they lived until the husband’s death in early 2015. Later in 2015 the deceased returned to Pakistan to live with her nephew. The deceased died in hospital in 2017 three weeks after making her final will which left her estate entirely to her nephew’s son. This was a significant departure from the mirror will she had executed with her husband in 1993, und...
Alexa Payet provides some useful guidance on cross-border probate disputes In deciding whether Pakistan was the natural and more appropriate forum for the trial, the court applied the factors outlined in Spiliada. In the case of Rehman v Hamid [2019], Mrs Ali was born in pre-partition India in 1942. Upon partition Mrs Ali and her …
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Abigail Lowther considers the circumstances in which a domicile of choice may be established, and the impact on jurisdictional issues ‘Residence in a jurisdiction without the intention of permanent or indefinite residence, or the intention of permanent or indefinite residence without residence in a jurisdiction, will not establish a domicile of choice.’ In Kelly v …
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