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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
31 July 2014
Protecting children's wealth on divorce and remarriage
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sleepless in Seattle, Miracle on 34th Street – all heart-warming tales of single parents who find love again. But all are alarmingly silent about whether the parent in question took steps to protect their wealth for their children’s future.
10 July 2014
Constructive trusts and the potential interplay of foreign and religious laws
Constructive trusts are a flexible remedy imposed by courts to correct perceived injustices in relation to the beneficial ownership of property. The recent case of Bal Mohinder Singh v Jasminder Singh & Herinder Singh ([2014] EWHC 1060 (Ch)), which involved a dispute over family property, is interesting as it looked at constructive trusts in the context of religion and foreign law.
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.
