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Lehtimäki & ors v Cooper [2020] WTLR 967
JUDGMENT LADY ARDEN: Overview [1] The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK) (‘CIFF’) is a charitable company with more than $4bn in assets helping children in developing countries. It was founded by Sir Christopher Hohn (‘Sir Christopher’) and Ms Jamie Cooper (‘Ms Cooper’) in 2002, but it became difficult to manage when their marriage broke down. …
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Gibbons & anr v Smith & ors [2020] WTLR 947
JUDGMENT ROTH J: [1] This Part 8 claim concerns two adjacent plots of land by Station Road, Hollingwood, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, registered under title nos. DY14370 (‘Plot 1’) and DY214014 (‘Plot 2’). Together they will be referred to as ‘the Land’ and comprise some 8.3 hectares. [2] It seems relatively clear that both plots are …
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Gardiner v Tabet & anr [2020] WTLR 931
JUDGMENT MASTER CLARK: [1] This is my decision on the defendants’ application dated 27 March 2020 seeking non-party disclosure pursuant to CPR 31.17 (as retained in PD 51U – ‘the disclosure pilot’). Parties and claim [2] The claim is a probate claim seeking proof in solemn form of a will dated 29 May 2017 (‘the …
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Gandesha & anr v Gandesha & ors [2020] WTLR 905
JUDGMENT MRS JUSTICE ANDREWS: Introduction [1] This is an appeal against part of the order of HHJ Wulwik dated 25 October 2019 refusing the Appellants’ application for an order for the sale of a substantial freehold property at 22 Northumberland Avenue, Wanstead, London E12 5HD (‘the Property’) under s14 of the Trusts of Land and …
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Challen v Challen & anor [2020] WTLR 859
JUDGMENT HHJ PAUL MATTHEWS: Introduction [1] This is my judgment on a claim made by the claimant by claim form under CPR Part 8, issued on 6 September 2019, for relief from the so-called ‘forfeiture rule’ (preventing a person who is convicted of killing a person from inheriting any of the deceased’s estate) under the …
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Christodoulides v Marcou [2020] WTLR 883
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE MORGAN: [1] This is an application by Mrs Niki Christodoulides for permission to appeal against the order made by Mr Recorder Lawrence Cohen QC sitting in the County Court at Central London on 10 February 2017. On 8 May 2017, Asplin J ordered that the court would consider the application for permission …
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Caldicott & ors v Richards & anor [2020] WTLR 823
JUDGMENT MRS JUSTICE FALK: Introduction [1] This dispute relates to a discretionary trust (the ‘Trust’) established under the will of Yvonne Caldicott, who died in November 2012. The first claimant, David Caldicott, and the first defendant, now called Pamela Pearson, are Yvonne’s children. The second claimant, Sian Caldicott, is David Caldicott’s wife, and the third …
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Re Boyes [2020] WTLR 793
JUDGMENT PROUDMAN J: Introduction [1] Eric Arthur Boyes (known as Bill), who was born on 12 August 1923, died on 22 May 2010. The claimant (known as ‘Paddy’ – I will refer to people by their first names for convenience sake and without intending any disrespect) was the testator’s sister-in law, namely the sister of …
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Bowack & ors v Saxton [2020] WTLR 777
JUDGMENT: HHJ PAUL MATTHEWS QC: Introduction [1] This is my judgment on a claim made by claim form under CPR Part 8, issued on 19 November 2019, and heard before me on 17 March 2020. Each of the two claimants (who are married to each other) seeks relief as settlor of a trust of an …
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Barrs Residential & Leisure Ltd v Pleass Thomson & Co [2020] WTLR 759
JUDGMENT HHJ STUART BRIDGE: Introduction [1] This is an appeal by the owner (the ‘site owner’) of a mobile home park. Such sites accommodate mobile homes which are owned and occupied by individuals (‘occupiers’) and which are stationed on a pitch on the site under the terms of a contract (a ‘pitch agreement’). The pitch …
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