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What tech businesses need to know in 2026
Christopher Perrin
1 September 2014
Famous painters and secret trusts
Judgment has now been given at the High Court in London in the dispute over Lucian Freud’s £96 million estate. Freud was an internationally-recognised and highly successful artist and draughtsman. His residuary estate after payment of legacies and inheritance tax but before administration expenses was estimated by the claimants to be worth about £42 million. The first claimant, Diana Rawstron, was Freud’s’s solicitor and the second claimant, Rose Pearce, was one of his children. They were the executrices of the disputed will. The defendant, Paul Freud, was one of his 14 children.
17 July 2014
Thinking of excluding children from your inheritance? It may be harder than you think
In England and Wales, you have the right to leave your estate to whomever you choose, as in the case of Sting who is choosing not to pass on his £180 million fortune to his children. But things become more complicated if you have assets in other countries.
25 June 2014
Legal Update: The Supreme Court rules on religious doctrine in trust dispute
In the case of Shergill & Ors v Khaira & Ors [2014] UKSC 33, The Supreme Court discussed the approach to be taken to cases raising non-justiciable issues, and the approach to cases raising questions of religious doctrine.
4 February 2014
Inheritance dispute: Will not suspicious enough for the court
The High Court has handed the latest blow to individuals looking to challenge a will on the ground of ‘want of knowledge and approval’ in the case of Tony Pittas v Katerina Christou and Eleni Loizou (2014).
20 January 2014
High Court examines the interrelationship between Inheritance Act and the Insolvency Act
In the case of B v IB [2013] EWHC 3755 (Fam) the High Court has determined the status of an application made under s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 issued during divorce proceedings where the husband had died during the process and the wife intended to commence new proceedings under s.10 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
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