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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution & ors v Headley & anr [2016] EWHC 1948 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MASTER MATTHEWS: Introduction [1] This is my judgment on an application made by claim form under Part 8 of the CPR by the five claimants, who are all charities. They claim as five of the ten (charitable) remaindermen under the trusts of the will dated 10 August 1993 of Evelyn Irene Farmer, who died …
September 30, 2016
National Westminster Bank plc v Lucas & ors [2016] EWHC 1934 (Ch)
JUDGMENT WARREN J: Introduction [1] This application is the final stage of the administration of the estate of Jimmy Savile (JS). It concerns the distribution of JS’s estate (the estate) in the implementation of the scheme approved by Sales J (the scheme), his order being made on 1 April 2014. The events leading to the …
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Lewis v Warner [2016] EWHC 1787 (Ch)
JUDGMENT NEWEY J: [1] Mrs Audrey Blackwell died on 6 May 2014. Her last will has not been found, but a reconstituted version has been admitted to probate. This provides for Mrs Lynn Lewis, who is Mrs Blackwell’s only child, to inherit her mother’s estate. Had there been no will, Mrs Lewis would anyway have …
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Ely v Robson [2016] EWCA Civ 774
JUDGMENT KITCHIN LJ: Introduction [1] This is an appeal by the defendant, Ms Robson, against the order of His Honour Judge Blair QC made on 12 October 2015 whereby he made a declaration as to the extent of the beneficial interests which she and the claimant, Mr Ely, held in a property at 6 Torbay …
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Elliott v Simmonds (costs) [2016] EWHC 962 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MURRAY J: [1] On 7 April 2016 I handed down my judgment, in which I gave my reasons for pronouncing for the force and validity of the will dated 1 February 2012 of Mr Kenneth William Jordan in solemn form of law and for ordering that a caveat entered by Ms Ruth Simmonds in …
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Elliott v Simmonds & anr [2016] EWHC 732 (Ch)
JUDGMENT EDWARD MURRAY [1] This is a claim by Ms Bernice Elliott, the partner during the last years of his life of Mr Kenneth William Jordan, who died on 4 August 2012 and left a will dated 1 February 2012 (the 2012 will) under which the claimant is the sole beneficiary. The claimant seeks (i) …
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Berry v Child Support Agency & Ors [2016] EWHC 1418 (CH)
JUDGMENT HHJ McCAHILL QC: Introduction: the deceased, the family and matrimonial proceedings [1] There is before the court a Part 8 claim by the personal representative of Norman Tovey (the deceased) seeking the court’s directions pursuant to CPR Part 64 as to whether the deceased’s estate should accept and make provision for or pay four …
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Angove’s PTY Limited v Bailey & anr [2016] UKSC 47
JUDGMENT LORD SUMPTION (with whom Lord Neuberger, Lord Clarke, Lord Carnwath and Lord Hodge agree): [1] This appeal raises two important and controversial questions of commercial law. The first is: in what circumstances will the law treat the authority of an agent as irrevocable. The other is whether the receipt of money at a time …
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Aeroflot-Russian Airlines v Berezovsky & ors [2015] EWHC 3937 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MRS JUSTICE ROSE: [1] In the run-up to this CMC, which is the first CMC in this case, an application was issued on 9 December 2015 by the trustees of the insolvent estate of Mr Berezovsky. Those trustees are Mr Wood, Mr Hellard and Mr Leeds, and they seek a stay of the proceedings …
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TM v AH [2016] EWHC 572 (Fam)
MOOR J: [1] I have to decide on an application dated 24th February 2016 that is made by the wife in this case. I am going to call the parties ‘the husband’ and ‘the wife’. I don’t mean to be offensive to them by doing so. I just do so for the sake of convenience. …
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