Pierce & anr v Barton & anr [2024] WTLR 679

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2024 #195

By clause 5 of his will dated 2 November 2015 (the will) Malcolm Barton (the testator) gave to his son, the first defendant, a specific bequest which was described as Flat 2, 35 Upper Church Road, Weston-Super-Mare (the flat). The testator died on 12 May 2019. Probate was granted to the claimants who were two of the partners in the firm of Wards, Solicitors (Wards) on 10 January 2020. At the time of making the will and at the time of his death the testator was the sole surviving registered proprietor of a legal charge dated 17 November 2006 over the flat securing the sum of £87,727.52 (t...