David Wilkinson explores the prohibition of cross-examination in person in family proceedings provisions and asks if they are fit for purpose It is foreseeable that a qualified legal representative may need to make certain applications in family proceedings in order to discharge fully their professional obligations regarding effective cross-examination. The practicalities of this do not …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2022 #187Kim Mattingley (Kim) died on 28 June 2020. C was Kim’s daughter. D was Kim’s administratrix and sister (ie C’s aunt). Kim left an English will dated 31 May 2016 (the 2016 will). Letters of administration with the will annexed (limited to English assets) were granted to D.
Under the 2016 will, Kim left her residuary estate to C, but in fact there was little or no residuary estate. The 2016 will provided that Kim’s interest in 8 Crabtree Close, Ings Hill, West Malling (the property) and certain effects within it be devised absolutely to D. The 2016 will expressed a wish that D permi...
