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Video: Contentious Probate: Catching out the fraudsters

Video: Contentious Probate: Catching out the fraudsters

In this webinar, William Moffett and Sophia Rogers discuss recent contentious probate cases involving the forgery of wills. This webinar is part of the Radcliffe Chambers Private Client Conference 2021 and was recorded on 16 June 2021. You can also watch this webinar on our YouTube channel here. Presentation slides: Contentious Probate – Catching out […]

Appeal in Re Brunt (Deceased)

Covid 19, remote execution and forged wills

Sophia Rogers acted for the successful appellants in Re Brunt (deceased), an appeal concerning duplicate wills which did not emerge until over 10 years after the deceased’s death. The respondent is seeking to propound the wills as the valid wills of the deceased. The appellants allege that the wills are forged and/or not duly executed […]

Video: Remedies in trust litigation: Deploying commercial and insolvency remedies pre-action and post-judgment (Private Client Conference 2021)

Video: Remedies in trust litigation: Deploying commercial & insolvency remedies pre-action & post-judgment (Private Client Conference 2021)

Josh Lewison and Poppy Rimington-Pounder of Radcliffe Chambers with Andreas Kistler of Carey Olsen and Jacob Ward of Macfarlanes discuss how to deploy commercial and insolvency remedies in trust litigation. This webinar is part of the Radcliffe Chambers Private Client Conference 2021 and was recorded on 16 June 2021. You can also watch this webinar […]

Bird v Lantern Recovery & Others

Private Client

Thomas Dumont KC and Matthew Fletcher & Ben Marsden of Gosschalks LLP have obtained a hugely successful outcome for their clients in a recent undue influence and forgery case, in the Business & Property Courts (the old Chancery Division) of the High Court. Following a two-week, hard-fought trial, their clients David Bird and Sharon Montgomery, […]

Video: Death, litigation and a hint of insolvency (Private Client Conference 2021)

Video: Death, litigation and a hint of insolvency (Private Client Conference 2021)

Kate Selway KC and Matt Mills host a practical discussion on how clients can issue a claim against an estate which does not have a personal representative, or keep existing litigation going where the other party dies. They also address some problems that can arise where an estate might appear to be insolvent, particularly where […]

Clitheroe v Bond [2021] EWHC 1102 (Ch)

Covid 19, remote execution and forged wills

On 4 May 2021, Mrs Justice Falk gave judgment on the claimants’ appeal against the decision of Deputy Master Linwood in Clitheroe v Bond [2020] EWHC 1185 (Ch), in which he pronounced against two wills of the deceased on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity, amongst other things on the basis that the test […]