Wills & Trusts Law Reports | May 2014 #139This was an appeal against quantum in an application under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The deceased was called Melita Jackson and the appellant was her estranged daughter.
The proceedings had a protracted history. There was an initial hearing of the claim in front of District Judge Million on 7 August 2007. He found as facts that the appellant and her husband and family lived modestly in a housing association house. They were heavily dependent on state benefits. The appellant did not work and her husbands income was small. The family’s ...
Ellie Foster reflects on the harmonisation of the rules relating to appeals and potential pitfalls under the FPR 2010 ‘The general principle of the FPR 2010, certainly as far as appeals are concerned, is to harmonise the new rules with the CPR 1998 and to provide for one appeal only, although exceptionally there may be …
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