Recent Features and Opinion
The importance of distinguishing funds
Lesley King discusses the recent case of Batt v Boswell: where confusion over trust and personal money led to a family dispute between two siblings following the death of their parents.
Severing a joint tenancy without notice
Roman Kubiak discusses the recent decision of Dunbabin v. Dunbabin [2022] EWHC 241(Ch), in which the court found that a joint tenancy had been severed despite the absence of a notice.
Versus predator
The risk of vulnerable parties entering into a predatory marriage is gaining increasing attention, both in the press and in the legal profession. Bethan Byrne and Sheena Cassidy Hope explore how new protections can be achieved through changes in the law
At capacity
Holly Miéville-Hawkins and Holly Chantler review some key welfare cases from 2021, and the implications they have for financial deputies and attorneys
Special blend
Choosing your attorney when making a lasting power of attorney requires much thought in any event, but things can get even more complicated when blended families are involved, as Fiona Heald and Sophie O’Connell explain
Predatory marriages and protecting the vulnerable
Roman Kubiak looks at the recent Court of Protection decision in Re BU [2021] EWCOP54, an application brought by BU’s family in an effort to protect a vulnerable person from contacting a man who they feared would force her to marry him.
Staking a disclaim
Lesley King analyses whether members of a discretionary class can disclaim their interest in settled property and looks at a recent case to see how this has worked in practice.
Workshop: Contentious probate
Roman Kubiak rounds up his workshop on contentious probate
Classical studies
Paper trails
No shopping around!
Testamentary capacity and insane delusions
Rokkan a hard place
Swift justice
Workshop: Contentious probate update
So you claim
Back to basics: Drafting wills for overseas jurisdictions
Estoppel right now
Lasting things first: transparency rules and LPAs
Workshop: Contentious probate update
Plenary: Changing times
All quiet on the estates front – relatively
Under the influence
Brain trust
Workshop: Court of Protection litigation
Contentious Probate Update - 2017 (part 2)
Working it out
Helping hands
In principle
New habits
Year of decision
Back to Basics: Lifetime gifts
Using mediation to resolve private client disputes
Contentious probate case law update
Preserve and protect
Keep it in the family
Workshops
Doubt of the benefit
In the right direction
A delicate jurisdiction
We need to talk
Course of action
Annual Conference 2014: Contentious inheritance issues
Annual Conference 2014: Marley and me
Faking it
Power to the people
Sharp relief
At a loss
Pullan apart
Tied up in knots
The promised land
Forward planning
Swap shop
Freedom flight
Giving pause
Stuck in the middle
Time is of the essence
Influencing factors
A farewell cure
Staking a claim
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