Trusts and Estates

The appellant, Matthew Miles, one of the original beneficiaries under the will of the deceased, appealed from the order of District Judge Harper dated 16 December 2016. The application before the judge was for reasonable provision under the..

The claim in James v James [2018] EWHC 43 (Ch) arose out of the will of the late Charles James (the testator), who died in 2012, leaving his substantial property portfolio to the defendants (his wife and two daughters) and nothing to his son (the..

In 2016, the so-called “cowshed Cinderella” case of Davies v Davies [2016] EWCA Civ 463 reached the Court of Appeal and was later refused permission to appeal by the Supreme Court. It was the latest of a series of appellate decisions..