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Muckian & anr v Hoey & ors [2014] NICh 11
JUDGMENT DEENY J: [1] The court has before it an application brought by originating summons of 15 March 2011 and it was brought by Mrs Deirdre Muckian and Mrs Mary McCann and they are the daughters of the late Michael Hoey deceased. It is brought on their behalf by Fitzsimmons Mallon who have instructed Mr …
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August 31, 2014
Re MRJ, JT and KT v Suffolk County Council & anr Case no: 12256266
JUDGMENT SENIOR JUDGE LUSH Rule 89 [1] This is an application to reconsider an order I made on 27 September 2013: (a) suspending the applicants from acting as MRJ’s attorneys under a lasting power of attorney (LPA) for property and financial affairs until further order; and (b) appointing the authorised officer of Suffolk County Council …
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JP Gilchrist Trust v HMRC Case number: FTC/89/2012
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE DAVID RICHARDS Introduction [1] The parties submitted a helpful agreed document which sets out the procedural history, the disputed issues and a statement of agreed facts, which we reproduce below at [2]-[22], subject only to some slight changes. [2] The appellant, as trustee, appeals under s222 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 …
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IFG International Trust Co Ltd & ors v French Case no: CHP 2012–0048
JUDGMENT DEEMSTER CORLETT. Introduction [1] The four claimants are each trustees of a total of nine trusts, all of which are governed by Isle of Man law, the majority of which were originally settled by one Samuel E Wyly or his brother Charles Wyly, one of which was originally settled by one Keith L King, …
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H A Patel and K Patel (a partnership) v HMRC [2014] UKFTT 167 (TC)
JUDGMENT JUDGE GREG SINFIELD: Introduction: [1] This decision is further to and should be read with my decision dated 27 September 2013 with directions in relation to this appeal. As explained more fully in the earlier decision, this is an appeal against an information notice dated 14 September 2012 issued to the appellants by the …
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Re Gladys Meek; Jones v Parkin & ors [2014] EWCOP 1
JUDGMENT HHJ HODGE QC: [1] This is my extemporary judgment in the matter of Gladys Meek, Court of Protection case number 11843118. This extemporary judgment is a sequel to, and should be read in conjunction with, an earlier decision of Senior Judge Lush handed down on 22 April 2013 and which is reported under the …
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FHR European Ventures LLP & ors v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [2014] UKSC 45
Judgment LORD NEUBERGER: [1] This is the judgment of the court on the issue of whether a bribe or secret commission received by an agent is held by the agent on trust for his principal, or whether the principal merely has a claim for equitable compensation in a sum equal to the value of the …
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Re AB [2013] EWHC B39 (COP)
JUDGMEMT DISTRICT JUDGE E BATTEN: This judgment was delivered in private, but the judge has given leave for it this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the incapacitated person and members of their …
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Simon v Byford & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 280
JUDGMENT LEWISON LJ: [1] The issue raised on this appeal is whether the late Mrs Constance Simon who died on 15 January 2009 (a) had testamentary capacity and (b) knew and approved the contents of her will when she executed it at or immediately after her 88th birthday party on 18 December 2005. The judge …
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June 30, 2014
Sheffield v Sheffield & ors [2013] EWHC 3927 (Ch)
JUDGMENT HHJ PELLING QC: Introduction [1] This is the trial of a claim by which the claimant in his capacity as a beneficiary of a family trust seeks various accounts and payments of (a) a quarter of certain trust income received by the trust which he maintains should have been but was not paid to …
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