Inheritance Act: Cutting the cord

Lottie Tyler reviews how an adult child’s conduct can affect a claim brought under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) 1975 ‘It appears that the courts will often focus on preserving a wide discretion, but this creates a level of unpredictability as to the weight conduct is given.’ The successful claims brought by …
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1975 Act Inheritance Claims: The price of estrangement

Basil Dearing sets out the lessons from Wright v Waters [2014] ‘When taking into account all s3 factors, the judge’s valued judgment was that Patricia Wright’s conduct outweighed all of the factors in her favour.’ In the recent case of Wright v Waters, a daughter’s claim against the estate of her mother, who had, by …
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