Video: Covid 19, remote execution and forged wills
Video: Succession and Omission
Junior Programme: Practical tips for administering estates and Making wills: an update
During this webinar Matthew Mills discusses various practical points which personal representatives and their advisers should bear in mind when securing probate, collecting the deceased’s assets, and administering the estate. Emma Loizou discusses the Government’s proposal to allow electronic witnessing of wills. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist of an […]
Favourite Cases: Allcard v Skinner (1887) 36 Ch D 145 – Video by Kate Selway KC
In this edition of Favourite Cases, Kate Selway KC talks about undue influence in the case of Allcard v Skinner (1887) 36 Ch D 145. Kate says: “Allcard v Skinner is one of my favourites because it helped me to understand the breadth and adaptability of the equitable Doctrine of Undue Influence. It concerns a […]
Favourite Cases: Re Cathcart – Article by Justin Holmes
We are delighted to introduce Favourite Cases, a new project for August, which takes a look at interesting and important chancery and commercial decisions. Our first contributor is Justin Holmes with Re Cathcart, an 1890s case that established the unusual general costs rule which still applies in Court of Protection property and affairs litigation. Justin […]
Protecting your clients against undue influence claims – Article by Marie-Claire Bleasdale
Marie-Claire Bleasdale was invited by STEP Journal to give practical advice to practitioners on how to protect their clients against unjust claims of undue influence in court. Subscribers can read Marie-Claire’s piece here.
James Fagan
Before joining the Bar, James trained and practised as a solicitor in the litigation department of a leading US law firm in its London and Hong Kong offices. During his time as a solicitor, James gained experience of advising clients on a variety of commercial disputes with international dimensions. Between 2017 and 2018, James was […]
Video: Testamentary capacity and will-making in other jurisdictions
Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd v Wong, Wen Young & Ors
The Bermudian Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark judgment in Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd v Wong, Wen Young & Ors, reversing the decision of the Bermudian Supreme Court and rejecting any limitation on the exercise of trustees’ powers to add and remove beneficiaries by reference to the so-called “substratum” of the trust. In the […]
Natalie Pratt
In particular, Natalie appeared in Teledyne UK Limited v Gao & Ors [2024] EWHC 3538 (KB), Thurrock Council & Anr v Adams & Ors [2024] EWHC 2576 (KB) and [2024] EWHC 2750 (KB), Arla Foods Limited & Anr v Persons Unknown & Ors [2024] EWHC 1952 (Ch) and Wolverhampton City Council & Ors v London […]
