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Sahota v Sohal & ors [2023] WTLR 687
JUDGMENT DEPUTY MASTER WILLIAM HENDERSON: Introduction [1] This is my judgment on the trial of an issue which was ordered to be tried by an order of Master Kaye dated 27 January 2022. [2] The issue ordered to be tried was as to the validity and effect of three Deeds of Trust, apparently dated 5 …
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June 14, 2023
Shepherd & Co Solicitors v Brealey [2023] WTLR 755
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE CAVANAGH: [1] This is an appeal against the judgment of Master Rowley, sitting as a Costs Judge, dated 29 November 2021. The judgment was handed down in third party assessment proceedings that were brought by the Respondent, a beneficiary of the estate of his mother, Mrs Ann Brealey, pursuant to s71(3) of …
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Provincial Equity Finance Ltd v Dines WTLR(w) 2023-04
JUDGMENT ANDREW LENON KC: INTRODUCTION [1] This case is essentially an inheritance dispute between, on the one hand, the two children of the late Graham Dines (‘Graham’) by his first marriage, Louise Henry (‘Louise’) and Elliott Dines (‘Elliott’), and on the other, Graham Dines’ second wife, the Defendant (‘Helen’). I will refer to the family …
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Selvarajah v Selvarajah & ors WTLR(w) 2023-05
JUDGMENT DEPUTY MASTER LINWOOD: [1] This is a dispute over the validity of a will. It is especially unusual because there is no evidence as to how the will was created; all or some of the matters which the court would usually have evidence before it such as who was the author, how were instructions …
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Antonio v Williams & anr [2023] WTLR 1
JUDGMENT HHJ JOHNS KC: [1] This case concerns the estate of Sharon Marcia Antonio McBean (Sharon) who died aged 53 on 11 February 2016. Ryan Antonio (Ryan) brings this claim for reasonable financial provision out of Sharon’s estate on the basis that he was treated as a child of the family or was being maintained …
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March 28, 2023
Chimelu v Egemonye & ors (1) [2023] WTLR 17
JUDGMENT DISTRICT JUDGE CARTER: [1] This is an application made by the claimant in relation to the filing of further evidence. The application is contained in the bundle at p39 of the electronic bundle I have been provided with. It is supported by a witness statement from Mr Andrew Bishop, who is the solicitor for …
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Chimelu v Egemonye & ors (2) [2022] WTLR 23
JUDGMENT DISTRICT JUDGE CARTER: [1] This is an application by the claimant pursuant to s4 of the Inheritance Act to allow the claim to proceed. I have already given one judgment in relation to this case, but I will briefly within this judgment give some details of the background of the claim to put my …
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Chimelu v Egemonye & ors (3) [2023] WTLR 35
JUDGMENT DISTRICT JUDGE CARTER: [1] This is the third application within this hearing and is an application by the defendants dated 26 October 2020. The application itself is in the bundle at p75, and it takes some reading to understand what is being sought. The order sought is that, if the claimant succeeds on his …
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Colbourne v Cooke & ors [2023] WTLR 43
JUDGMENT DISTRICT JUDGE CHLOË PHILLIPS: [1] The hearing on 20 September was listed to deal with an application made by Ms Colbourne, (‘the applicant’) for permission to bring her Inheritance Act claim out of time. The 1st and 2nd respondents are partners in MFG Solicitors and are the personal representatives of the Estate of the …
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Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi [2022] WTLR 55
JUDGMENT LORD REED: [1] As is more fully explained in the judgment of Lord Richards and Sir Nicholas Patten, these appeals raise a number of issues, principally concerning the nature and scope of the right of a trustee under Jersey law to recover from or be indemnified out of the trust assets in respect of …
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