“The final will of a widow who left £10 million to the owners of a Chinese restaurant was upheld by the High Court yesterday, despite claims by her family that she did not know what she was doing.”
The Times, 8th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The will of an 89-year-old woman who left £10m to an Essex restaurateur has been described as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘troubling’ by a High Court judge.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A wealthy widow left her £10 million fortune to the owners of a Chinese restaurant after cutting her relatives out of her will, a court has heard. ”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Agreement has legal force
Court of Appeal
“An agreement between spouses to compromise an ancillary relief claim need not be approved by the court to have legal force.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The lover of a wealthy businessman who committed suicide before fulfilling his promise to marry her on the Queen Mary 2 cruiseliner yesterday won a High Court battle with his family over his £3 million fortune.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Conservatives today lost a High Court battle over a multimillion pound bequest from a mentally deluded man who believed that only Margaret Thatcher could save him from an international satanic conspiracy.”
The Times, 15th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Soulsbury v Soulsbury [2007] EWCA Civ 938
“An agreement whereby a wife waived her entitlement to periodical payments from her former husband under an order of court on the promise of her former husband to leave her £100,000 in his will was legally effective even though it had not been approved by the court.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A woman whose husband died a few hours after their wedding ceremony failed today to stop his former wife inheriting a large chunk of his estate.”
The Times, 10th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A new regime takes effect this October that should help to protect the elderly, particularly against pressure to change a will to relatives’ dismay. But will it?”
The Times, 14th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The son of a mentally deluded man who believed that Margaret Thatcher could save the world from a satanic plot is fighting the Conservative Party over who should get his father’s £10 million bequest.”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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