Forfeiture: Turning on the facts

Wright Hassall Solicitors | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | December 2020 #219
Laura Abbott reports on a spate of recent cases in which the forfeiture rule has been waived Manslaughter will, in every case, deprive someone of their inheritance unless the court exercises its power to modify the effect of the rule. The long-standing forfeiture rule is a matter of public policy and provides that if a …

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Forfeiture: A deviation from the norm

Stephens Scown | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | November 2020 #218
Forfeiture does not always apply in the case of unlawful killing. Charisse Crawford discusses the lessons learned from Challen Section 2(3) FA 1982 provides where an applicant stands convicted of an offence of which the unlawful killing is an element, an application for relief from forfeiture must be made within three months of the conviction. …

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