Withers Trust Corporation Ltd v The Estate of Goodman [2024] WTLR 763

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2024 #195

Hannah Goodman died on 14 July 2020. She was survived by her late husband, Adrian, who himself died on 11 June 2022. The claimant was the Withers Trust Corporation, which was the executor appointed by Adrian’s last will, dated 2 November 2020.

The claimant sought an order pursuant to s2 of the Forfeiture Act 1982 that the application of the forfeiture rule to Adrian’s interest in Hannah’s estate and to his interest in jointly owned assets be modified, so as to give Adrian full relief from forfeiture.

In October 2017, Hannah was diagnosed with lung cancer. ...

Chadwick v Collinson & ors [2014] EWHC 3055 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | January/February 2015 #146

Lisa Jane Clay (the deceased) and the claimant lived together from about 2003. They had a child together named Joseph, who was six years old in April 2013. From January 2013, they lived at the property at 36 Lowlands Road, Lancashire (the property) which the claimant and the deceased held as joint tenants. The deceased made a will on 18 August 2008 under which the claimant was the sole residuary beneficiary. The net value of the estate was £79,098.87 of which £60,000 comprised the deceased’s interest in the property. The couple’s relationship was at all times entirely stable,...