Topic: Claim by widow entitled under an intestacy of late husband that she was solely or jointly entitled to the beneficial interest in former matrimonial home comprised in the estate of her late husband

Bhusate v Patel & ors [2019] WTLR 393

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2019 #175

The claim related to the estate of Mr Bhusate who died on 28 April 1990. His first wife (Mrs Bhusate) had died in 1971. The 1st to 5th defendants were Mr Bhusate’s children by his marriage to Mrs Bhusate. The claimant was his third wife. The 6th defendant was the only child of Mr Bhusate and the claimant.

Mr Bhusate died intestate. Letters of administration were granted to the claimant and the 1st defendant on 12 August 1991. The estate principally comprised a property in London where the claimant and Mr Bhusate lived (the property). The property remained registered in Mr Bhusate’...