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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
30 May 2014
Challenge to remove Jimmy Savile’s Executors fails
The beneficiaries of Jimmy Savile’s estate have been at loggerheads with his Executors following fears that compensation claims to his victims may use up all the money in his Estate.
30 May 2014
Disputed Will case - Estranged daughter fails to overturn father’s Will on multiple counts
In one recent case a daughter who had fallen very far out of her father’s favour tried almost every trick in the book to have his Will declared invalid (Bateman v Overy and another ([2014] EWHC 432)).
6 May 2014
Update on cases from the Court of Protection – on gifts, loans and funding for care
Below is a summary on recent cases in the Court of Protection. If you should have any questions in relation to any of the issues raised, please contact a member of our team.
6 May 2014
Recent disputed Will cases on the grounds of lacking capacity
A Will made by someone who lacks mental capacity is not valid. Just because someone is elderly or suffering from a mental illness does not automatically mean that they lack capacity to make a Will.
25 April 2014
Capital Gains Tax case - Painting worth £9.4 million is exempt from CGT because it is a ‘wasting asset’
The Court of Appeal has published its eagerly anticipated (by tax geeks at least) judgment in the case of HMRC v The Executors of Lord Howard of Henderskelfe (deceased) ([2014] EWCA Civ 278).