Trusts and Estates

This recent authority juxtaposes probate and lifetime undue influence claims and demonstrates how the same evidence will be useful in proving both, despite the fact that the two species of undue influence are traditionally distinct. The parties..

In March 2019, the High Court handed down its decision in Gaskin v Chorus Law and Another, a case concerning the costs of an application for the removal of Chorus Law (Chorus) as the administrator of the estate of the late Eileen Gaskin (the..

Claims involving the Forfeiture Act 1982 (the 1982 Act) can be among the saddest and most poignant of all types of case within the field of contentious trusts and estates. They offer a window to the lives of people facing the most painful and..