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Penelope Reed KC
Penelope Reed KC is a barrister at 5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn. She is co-author of Risk and Negligence in Wills, Estates and Trusts, published by the Oxford University Press
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The final chapter
The Court of Appeal’s decision to increase the inheritance awarded to the claimant in Ilott v Mitson has been overturned by the Supreme Court. Penelope Reed KC and Hugh Cumber, who acted for the defendant charities, assess the judgment’s implications for testators