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

A recent survey has shown that more than 1 in 10 people who are thought to have died intestate (without leaving a will) may actually have made a will and that a similar number of those who leave a will

The distress following the death of a loved one can be greatly exacerbated by a subsequent inheritance dispute, for instance, an aggrieved relative claiming a share of the estate. Dealing with a loved one’s estate is a stressful and emotional

Should you think about changing your will? That is the question many people are now asking themselves, after a major Court of Appeal ruling saw a mother’s will re-written by the court to make financial provision for her estranged daughter.