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Reeves v Drew [2022] EWHC 159 (Ch)
Following a three-week trial with live evidence from 49 witnesses and a total of 100 witness statements, Mr Justice Michael Green found a will made by “the toughest, hardest man in business that you were ever likely to meet” invalid for..
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25 February 2022
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Vol 36 No 1 - 25 February 2022
LPA gifts of property – void or voidable?
The basic facts of Chandler v Lombardi [2022] EWHC 22 (Ch) will not sound unusual to Court of Protection practitioners. In brief, P’s attorney for property and affairs improperly transferred a share of P’s house into her own name. The..
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25 February 2022
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Vol 36 No 1 - 25 February 2022
What to do with £600 million – the National Fund case
In January 1928, an anonymous donor gifted £500,000 – the equivalent of around £33.5 million today, according to www.officialdata.org – on trust. The trustees were to hold the fund until it had grown sufficiently to pay off the..
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25 February 2022
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Vol 36 No 1 - 25 February 2022
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15 April 2022
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