Gareth Thomas considers the refusal of Beddoe relief in a case with circumstances that will be familiar to practitioners ‘This is a useful decision for practitioners addressing a common factual scenario of adult beneficiaries having fallen into dispute over alleged estate assets, the procuring of which would, without a derivative claim, be the responsibility of …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2019 #176The claimant was the administrator of the estate of Nancy Elizabeth Brock (deceased) who executed a ‘homemade’ will on 22 April 2005. The first defendant was appointed as executrix. The first, third, fourth and fifth defendants were the adult children of the deceased to whom she had bequeathed ‘all the money’ immediately following a reference to the price of £100,000 to be paid for the deceased’s house at 6 Mildfield Estate, Pontypool which she had agreed to sell to the first defendant and her husband, the second defendant. In the event, the defendant later transferred the house to the f...
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2017 #168Veronica Edwards (the deceased) died on 2 April 2003, and her will was proved by the claimants (as her executors and trustees) (the trustees) in October 2003. Under the will, the deceased left her residuary estate to the trustees pay the income to her fourth husband (the defendant) for life, and subject thereto, to the First and Second Claimants (who were also her sons by her first marriage) in equal shares. The residuary estate was valued at £521,897.53, and it included a promissory note signed by the defendant to the deceased in the sum of £100,000. This represented the value of a loan...
Natasha Dzameh clarifies the circumstances in which Beddoe orders and protective cost orders can be used ‘The master explained that the risk of injustice could be removed by ensuring the costs risk of the third party claim fell onto the two capital beneficiaries for whose benefit the litigation continued.’The role of a trustee can be …
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