I have been instructed on several cases similar to the below and the outcome depends on several factors. Firstly, the court is always reluctant to change the wishes of the deceased. If a will is in place and has been

It is not often you hear a judge using the phrase “gilded the lily”. In the interesting case below however, the Judge found that the claimant was not entitled to be provided for by her father’s Estate even though he

Current court statistics definitely seem to think so. The number of children going to court to dispute what they’ve received from their parents’ wills is on the rise.  In the High Court alone disputes rose to from 104 in 2014

When we are instructed on a contentious probate matter, the very first question to be explored is, the motives of the proposed claim. Unfortunately, such matters are often entrenched with emotions, family history and ill feelings. This is not a

The case below is important in understanding why promises should not be made to proposed beneficiaries without those promises being executed. The son in this case was a farmers son who, in reliance upon his father’s promises to gift the