Page 86 of 109
Rainbird & anr v Smith & ors [2012] EWHC 4276 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MR JOHN BALDWIN QC: [1] The claimants are the trustees of the will of Doreen Gertrude Leader, who died in 2010, and bring this action seeking rectification of the will pursuant to the provisions of s20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982, on the grounds that it fails to carry out the deceased’s …
Continue reading “Rainbird & anr v Smith & ors [2012] EWHC 4276 (Ch)”
August 31, 2013
Williams v Wilmot [2012] EWHC 2211 (Ch)
JUDGMENT HH JUDGE PELLING QC: [1] In these proceedings the claimant seeks an order granting probate of a will dated 5 December 2003, by which Dr Cecil Monk, referred to hereafter as ‘the deceased’, left his entire estate to the claimant. Insofar as is necessary the claimants also seek an order that the deceased’s will …
Continue reading “Williams v Wilmot [2012] EWHC 2211 (Ch)”
Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & ors [2013] WTLR 1249
JUDGMENT LORD SUMPTION Introduction [1] This appeal arises out of proceedings for ancillary relief following a divorce. The principal parties before the judge, Moylan J, were Michael and Yasmin Prest. He was born in Nigeria and she in England. Both have dual Nigerian and British nationality. They were married in 1993, and during the marriage …
Continue reading “Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & ors [2013] WTLR 1249”
Re MF Global UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 1655 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE DAVID RICHARDS: [1] This is an application by the administrators of MF Global UK Ltd (MFG UK) and by MFG UK in its capacity as trustee of a client money trust established by rules made by the Financial Services Authority (now the Financial Conduct Authority) pursuant to statute, for directions as regards …
Continue reading “Re MF Global UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 1655 (Ch)”
Hart & anr v Burbidge & ors; Samways & ors v Burbidge & ors [2013] EWHC 1628 (Ch)
JUDGMENT SIR WILLIAM BLACKBURNE: Introduction [1] This is the trial of two claims which the Master ordered to be heard together. They are concerned with the estate of Mrs Phyllis Hart. It will simplify matters if I refer to people, I hope without discourtesy, by their first names. Phyllis, as I shall therefore call her, …
Continue reading “Hart & anr v Burbidge & ors; Samways & ors v Burbidge & ors [2013] EWHC 1628 (Ch)”
Re Goodman (dec’d) [2013] EWHC 758 (Ch)
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE NEWEY: [1] The question raised by this appeal is whether s50 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, which contains a power to replace or remove personal representatives, applies in relation to a person named as an executor in a will but who has not been granted probate. [2] The case concerns …
Continue reading “Re Goodman (dec’d) [2013] EWHC 758 (Ch)”
Fyfe v Watts & ors; Watts & anr v Watts & anr [2013] EWHC 1374 (CH)
JUDGMENT ALISON FOSTER QC: [1]These are the written reasons for an order I made on 8 May 2013. [2] There are two sets of proceedings before the court, claim no: HC11CO3544 has been known as ‘the removal proceedings’ and claim no: HC12CO4225 as ‘the Mandela Avenue claim’. I shall generally so refer to them here. …
Continue reading “Fyfe v Watts & ors; Watts & anr v Watts & anr [2013] EWHC 1374 (CH)”
Evans & ors v Lloyd & anr [2013] EWHC 1725 (Ch)
JUDGMENT HHJ KEYSER QC: Introduction [1]Wynne Evans (Wynne) was a farm worker. His entire working life from the age of 14 was spent in the service of the proprietors of the farm known as Cefnbarrach, Trefeglwys, Caersws – latterly the defendants, Mr David Lloyd (David) and his wife Mrs Elizabeth Lloyd, and before that David’s …
Continue reading “Evans & ors v Lloyd & anr [2013] EWHC 1725 (Ch)”
Re the A Trust [2012] JRC169A
JUDGMENT THE COMMISSIONER: The matter concerned the application by certain beneficiaries of two Jersey trusts, the representor beneficiaries, for orders removing the protector of each trust, S, from office. The hearing took place in private, but in view of the scarcity of reported judgments concerning the role of trust protectors, the court authorised the publication …
Continue reading “Re the A Trust [2012] JRC169A”
DR v GR & ors [2013] EWHC 1196 (Fam)
JUDGMENT MR JUSTICE MOSTYN: [1] In this case the total assets are, as I will find, just over £2.5m. Of these just over £1.3m are held in a post-nuptial settlement called the Brown Sugar Trust created on 22 January 1986. The settlement is a discretionary Jersey trust. This owns a Liberian company (Summer International Ltd) …
Continue reading “DR v GR & ors [2013] EWHC 1196 (Fam)”
June 30, 2013
Page 86 of 109