Thompson v Bee [2010] WTLR 357

Introduction: A choice selection

Nicholas Le Poidevin QC introduces an issue devoted to articles by New Square Chambers ‘Private client work gives rise to a dense variety of disputes hard to match in any other area of legal practice. We hope that readers will find this special issue of the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal both useful …

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Testamentary Grants: Ways and means

Thompson v Bee highlights the disputes over rights of way that can arise from inconsistent will drafting, as James Thom QC relates On the death of a landowner who is not intestate, the land will vest in the deceased’s personal representatives. Under the will, the land may be split up and different parcels may be …

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Wills: Right of way

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Charlotte Simm reviews a case that highlights the need for absolute clarity in will drafting ‘While the vesting of the legal estate in the properties was by force of the assents, in order to ascertain the legal position on the right of way it was legitimate to read and construe the assents and the will …

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