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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
10 October 2022
Trust and Estate Disputes Quarterly Round-Up: Q3 2022
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period July 2022 - September 2022.
27 September 2022
Will preparation labelled “reckless and quite possibly dishonest” in high profile will dispute
At the end of last year the High Court heard the case of Reeves v Drew & Others, which concerned a challenge to the validity of a will made by successful businessman Kevin Reeves, on the grounds of want of knowledge and approval and undue influence. Whilst there was a lot of public interest in the case at the time due to the characters involved, the judgment also provides a comprehensive summary of the legal principles relevant to claims advanced on these grounds.
15 August 2022
Proving a Missing Will
In the recent case of Cooper v Chapman [2022] EWHC 1000 (Ch), a Will of which the executed copy had been lost and of which only a draft on a computer had been located was found to be validly executed and was admitted to probate.
11 August 2022
A poisoned chalice? BBLS Fraud
The purpose of the BBLS and CBILS loan schemes (which closed to new applicants in March 2021) was to provide, temporary, emergency funding to legitimate SME and small businesses (which were UK taxpayers) to keep them afloat during the pandemic and stave off the threat of insolvency.
9 August 2022
Back to basics with testamentary capacity
The judgment by the Court of Appeal in the recent case of Hughes v Pritchard [2022] EWCA Civ 386 revisits long-established law and serves as a useful reminder to practitioners advising clients in relation to these types of cases.
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